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Crawfish

verb

Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity. Synonyms: back away, back out, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw. "He backed out of his earlier promise" , "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

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"Crawfish" Quotes from Famous Books

... Bud said, coming up from behind with a bottle of liniment, and with Pop at his heels. "But I'll run him just the same. Smoky has favored this foot before, and it never seemed to hurt him any. You needn't think I'm going to crawfish. You must think I'm a whining cuss—say! I'll bet another ten dollars that I don't come in more than a neck behind, lame horse ...

— Cow-Country • B. M. Bower

... no such song! Thou shalt make me a song of the deer-liver that thou hast eaten! Did I not give to thee of the liver of the she-deer, because thou didst bring me crawfish? ...

— The Turtles of Tasman • Jack London

... although, on account of the progress that has been made in methods of treating the eye, they are not as much in use as formerly. Most eyestones are a calcareous deposit, found in the shell of the common European crawfish. They are frequently pale yellow or light ...

— A Busy Year at the Old Squire's • Charles Asbury Stephens

Words linked to "Crawfish" : family Astacidae, lobster, pull away, genus Palinurus, Palinurus, Old World crayfish, Astacura, draw back, retire, shellfish, rock lobster, Astacidae, recede, decapod, move back, American crayfish, pull back, decapod crustacean