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Definition: Pull In One's Horns |
Pull In One's HornsVerb1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Pull In One's HornsSynonyms: back away (v), back out (v), crawfish (v), crawfish out (v), pull back (v), retreat (v), withdraw (v). (additional references) |
Expression using "pull in one's horns": to pull in one's horns. Additional references. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 75 6C 6C 49 6E 4F 6E 65 27 73 48 6F 72 6E 73 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110101 01101100 01101100 00100000 01001001 01101110 00100000 01001111 01101110 01100101 00100111 01110011 00100000 01001000 01101111 01110010 01101110 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P u l l   I n   O n e ' s   H o r n s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0075 006C 006C 0049 006E 004F 006E 0065 0027 0073 0048 006F 0072 006E 0073 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5087787824380249807198524281848085 |
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