chicken out

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения решения не делать что-либо из-за страха или недостатка смелости.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of deciding not to do something because of fear or lack of courage.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, no object

1. To withdraw due to fearinformal

   To decide not to do something because you are too scared or nervous.

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   • He was going to ask her out, but he chickened out at the last minute.
   • She chickened out of the bungee jump when she saw how high it was.
   • They planned to go camping in the woods, but they chickened out after hearing strange noises.

   Synonymsback outbail outpull out

   Antonymsbraveconfrontdareface