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 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]