Chicken out (phrasal verb) meaning

Chicken out meaning

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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