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• Become more cautious, especially with regard to expenditure.

  ‘there are some signs that consumers are beginning to pull in their horns in the face of tighter credit constraints’

  More example sentences

  • ‘This is not an argument for pulling in our horns.’
  • ‘Nonetheless, what we should do is to make a serious analytical effort to determine what overseas military commitments make sense and where we should pull in our horns.’
  • ‘A leader emboldened by four more years, with a greater mandate, is hardly likely to pull in his horns.’
  • ‘Small wonder they drew in their horns and did nothing with it for a few years.’
  • ‘The question is not whether consumers will draw in their horns, but how they will do so?’
  • ‘I think a lot of companies, because of the economic situation, are pulling in their horns.’
  • ‘Individuals and businesses will pull in their horns.’
  • ‘Companies that discover what their clients really want and respond with innovative products creatively sold can increase their share and earnings even when many consumers are drawing in their horns.’
  • ‘I believe that both companies will suffer when consumers are eventually forced to draw in their horns, which is why I'll be giving their shares a miss.’
  • ‘And from my point of view, he was one of those players who needed a shock to pull his horns in.’