Verb: turn tail turn teyl
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
"If you see this man, turn tail!";
- scat [informal], run, scarper [Brit, informal], lam [N. Amer, informal], run away, hightail it [N. Amer, informal], bunk [informal], head for the hills [informal], take to the woods [informal], escape, fly the coop [informal], break away, leg it [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: turning tail, turns tail, turned tail