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Chicken out (phrasal verb) meaning

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12 Jan, 2023

Chicken out phrasal verb

• to decide not to do something because you are too frightened

He was going to ask her on a date, but he chickened out at the last moment.

She was going to go bungee jumping, but she chickened out.

We were going to go skydiving, but Dua chickened out at the last minute.

Her mother complains that she makes excuses to chicken out of family occasions such as weddings.

Related Words

frightened

afraid

scared

terrified

petrified

fearful

alarmed

shocked

startled

frozen

panicky

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