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Verb: pull in one's horns
Usage: informal
  1. Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
    - retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish [N. Amer, informal], crawfish out [N. Amer, informal], withdraw

Derived forms: pulls in one's horns, pulled in one's horns, pulling in one's horns

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pull a fast one
pull a fast one on
pull ahead
pull along
pull at
pull away
pull back
pull chain
pull down
pull in
pull in one's horns
pull off
pull one's weight
pull out
pull out all the stops
pull over
pull round
pull someone's leg
pull strings
pull tab
pull the leg of