chickened-out

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• chicken out — verb remove oneself from an obligation He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved • Syn: ↑back off, ↑pull out, ↑back down, ↑bow out • Hypernyms: ↑retire, ↑withdraw …   Useful english dictionary

• chicken out — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms chicken out : present tense I/you/we/they chicken out he/she/it chickens out present participle chickening out past tense chickened out past participle chickened out informal to not do something you were… …   English dictionary

• chicken out — {v. phr.}, {informal} To stop doing something because of fear; to decide not to do something after all even though previously having decided to try it. * /I used to ride a motorcycle on the highway, but I ve chickened out./ * /I decided to take… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• chicken out — {v. phr.}, {informal} To stop doing something because of fear; to decide not to do something after all even though previously having decided to try it. * /I used to ride a motorcycle on the highway, but I ve chickened out./ * /I decided to take… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• chicken\ out — v. phr. informal To stop doing something because of fear; to decide not to do something after all even though previously having decided to try it. I used to ride a motorcycle on the highway, but I ve chickened out. I decided to take flying… …   Словарь американских идиом

• bottle out — (slang) To lose one s nerve and withdraw (from eg a contest) • • • Main Entry: ↑bottle * * * ˌbottle ˈout [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they bottle out …   Useful english dictionary

• chicken out (of something) — in. to manage to get out of something, usually because of fear or cowardice. □ Come on! Don’t chicken out now! □ Freddy chickened out of the plan at the last minute …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• chicken out (of something doing something) — ˌchicken ˈout (of sth/of doing sth) derived (informal) to decide not to do sth because you are afraid • You re not going to chicken out, are you? • Kim put my name down for a sponsored parachute jump but I chickened out at the last moment.… …   Useful english dictionary

• chicken out (of of doing something) — ˌchicken ˈout (of sth/of doing sth) derived (informal) to decide not to do sth because you are afraid • You re not going to chicken out, are you? • Kim put my name down for a sponsored parachute jump but I chickened out at the last moment.… …   Useful english dictionary

• chicken out — v To back out from cowardice. We were going to do some bungee jumping but my mom chickened out. 1940s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

• chicken out — v. (Slang) lose faith in oneself or courage to do something (as in Tom was going to ask Diane out for a date, but he chickened out the last minute ); withdraw because of lack of courage or tiredness …   English contemporary dictionary