All turn tail synonyms

verb turn tail

• back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
• cave in — If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
• lay down — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
• go along with — permit, consent to
• give ground — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.