pull in one's horns
收斂氣焰,軟下來,打退堂鼓
pull in one's horns
v : 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" [syn: retreat,
pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish
out, withdraw]