pull in one's horns vs crawfish out

pull in one's horns and crawfish out both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pull in one's horns	No	No	Yes	No
crawfish out	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, pull in one's horns and crawfish out are synonyms defined as:

pull in one's horns and crawfish out: make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

Other synonyms of pull in one's horns include back away, back out, crawfish, pull back, retreat, withdraw.

pull in one's horns (verb)	crawfish out (verb)
make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity	make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity