draw (or pull) in your horns become less assertive or ambitious; draw back.
☞ The image here is of a snail drawing in its retractile tentacles when disturbed.
1991Paul GrescoeFlesh Wound Hollywood's major studios were pulling in their horns in the wake of a disastrous Christmas season.
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