To cut and run means to leave a situation or arrangement as soon as things go awry, but the speaker expected him to stay and fight instead
Consider the statement "I backed away, expecting him to stay and fight, now that he knew I had some kind of personal baggage.". Based on this "I backed away, expecting him to cut and run, now that he knew I had some kind of personal baggage." a true statement? Yes, no, or I don't know?