pull+in+one's+horns
51back away — verb make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity (Freq. 1) 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 • Syn: ↑retreat, ↑pull back, ↑ …
52crawfish out — verb 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 • Syn: ↑retreat, ↑pull back, ↑back out, ↑ …
53horn — See: BLOW ONE S OWN HORN or TOOT ONE S OWN HORN, PULL IN ONE S HORNS or DRAW IN ONE S HORNS, TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS …
54horn — See: BLOW ONE S OWN HORN or TOOT ONE S OWN HORN, PULL IN ONE S HORNS or DRAW IN ONE S HORNS, TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS …
55horn — See: blow one s own horn or toot one s own horn, pull in one s horns or draw in one s horns, take the bull by the horns …
56draw back — verb 1. pull back or move away or backward (Freq. 8) The enemy withdrew The limo pulled away from the curb • Syn: ↑withdraw, ↑retreat, ↑pull away, ↑recede, ↑pull back, ↑ …
57move back — verb pull back or move away or backward (Freq. 4) The enemy withdrew The limo pulled away from the curb • Syn: ↑withdraw, ↑retreat, ↑pull away, ↑draw back, ↑recede, ↑ …
58moderation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Keeping within limits Nouns 1. moderation, moderateness, temperance, continence, temperateness, gentleness; self restraint, self control, asceticism, abstinence; teetotalism, soberness, sobriety; quiet,… …
59Ico — Infobox VG title = Ico caption = The cover for all regions except North America, painted by director Fumito Ueda and inspired by the surrealist painter Giorgio de Chirico s The Nostalgia of the Infinite developer = Team Ico publisher = Sony… …
60horn — /hɔn / (say hawn) noun 1. a hard, projected, often curved and pointed, hollow and permanent growth (usually one of a pair, a right and a left) on the head of certain mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, antelopes, etc. (true horn). 2. each of the… …
