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pull in one's horns
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Meaning pull in one's horns meaning
What does pull in one's horns mean?
pull in one's horns
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verb
(= retreat, back out, crawfish, crawfish out)
make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him
He backed out of his earlier promise
The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns
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