Usually means: Reduce or limit one's activities.
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  1. pull in one's horns: Merriam-Webster
  2. pull in one's horns, pull in one's horns: Collins English Dictionary
  3. pull in one's horns: Vocabulary.com
  4. pull in one's horns: Wiktionary
  5. pull in one's horns, pull in ones horns: Dictionary.com
  6. pull in one's horns: Rhymezone
  7. pull in ones horns: FreeDictionary.org
  8. pull in one's horns: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. pull in one's horns: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pull in one's horns: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (pull in one's horns)

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


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