draw in one's horns

see pull in one's horns.

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V. be modest &c. adj.; retire, reserve oneself; give way to; draw in one's horns &c.

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To draw in one's horns; to retract an assertion through fear: metaphor borrowed from a snail, who on the apprehension of danger, draws in his horns, and retires to his shell.

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