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Verb

  1. (idiomatic) To become less impassioned, aggressive, or argumentative; to exercise restraint; to yield or capitulate.

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  • Barry . . . stood, during this tirade, half stupefied with rage, and half frightened, at the open attack made on him. . . . However, he couldn't pull in his horns now, and he was obliged, in self-defence, to brazen it out.
  • "I see Cooky's finish," I heard Smoke say to Horner.
  • "You bet," was the reply. "Hump runs the galley from now on, and Cooky pulls in his horns."
  • Anyone else would have pulled in his horns and gone slow for a spell, but he's one of those fellows whose horse is always going to win the next race.
  • Editor & Publisher Edwin Palmer Hoyt decided to pull in his horns. Said Hoyt: "We've decided it is time to pause, recapitulate and prepare to recommence."
  • "Smaller hardware stores in the area were scared," he said. "They stopped making investments. They pulled in their horns."

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