Examples of 'turned tail' in a sentence
Meaning of "turned tail"
To abruptly retreat or flee from a situation, often out of fear or apprehension
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- simple past tense and past participle of turn tail
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turned tail
The assassins turned tail and ran.
She turned tail after a few shots.
Had to see if your luck turned tail.
So you turned tail on the family business.
Half them sorry asses turned tail.
Turned tail and got out of there.
Thought you turned tail and run.
They would hardly have all turned tail.
That espheni turned tail and ran.
Bewrayed his breeches at the first volley and turned tail.
And you just turned tail and ran.
There was a roar from the crowd and took one look and turned tail.
They have turned tail for the moment.
She confronted them and they turned tail and fled.
You turned tail last time.
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Looks like they all turned tail and.
Your father turned tail in the middle of battle.
Rusty lobbed a couple of flares at them and the gutless wonders turned tail and ran.
I heard he turned tail and ran.
Turned tail and is headed to Celtic town.
More like they turned tail and ran.
But it was not the Muslim Turks who would turned tail.
If he turned tail and run by now.
It appears our rat turned tail and ran.
Numa turned tail and fled.
And this is where the Horseman turned tail.
Sidney Snow turned tail and we just stood down the last of the deputies.
My sister turned tail.
They took one look at that picket line, turned tail.
Tell me again why you turned tail for some maid.
They found that when boats appeared, the turtles turned tail.
When I turned tail and ran for it.
Mu Dingshan had instantly turned tail and ran away.
One of them turned tail and fled, and the rest followed him.
She was coming in for the kill when I turned tail and ran for it.
But as a result, they turned tail and fled, perhaps due to having encountered unbeatable odds.
I have heard that the North Koreans have turned tail and are running for home.
Then, just as it seemed the Japanese must break through, they suddenly turned tail.
They would have turned tail and run, sir.
Do you really think Euron Greyjoy turned tail.
Some were killed ; the rest turned tail to escape through the tunnel and reach home.
And when we abandoned it, we should have turned tail and run.
Tell me again why you turned tail for some maid . You were right there.
And some kids came to steal it, and he turned tail and ran.
The Chinese, they turned tail and ran, leaving the drug trade ripe for the taking.
That coward Optimus Prime turned tail and ran.
When I turned tail and ran … this dumb shank stayed behind to help Alby.
They skewered it, they turned tail on it.
We turned tail and ran!
Well … it appears our rat turned tail and ran.
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