to turn tail

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To flee; to run away; to leave

He was the sort of man who, faced with the prospect of marriage, decided to turn tail and run rather than commit.

(deyim) RUN AWAY, flee, bolt, make off, take to one's heels, cut and run, beat a (hasty) retreat; informal scram, scarper, skedaddle, vamoose
to turn tail