chicken out

VERB

back down

Synonyms

WEAK

avoid back down back out back pedal beg off blow it off bow out cancel cop out funk out get cold feet give up give way go back on have no stomach for make concessions pull out recant renege resign scratch shy from surrender throw in the towel turn yellow weasel out wiggle out wimp out withdraw worm out yield

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I've just pulled some sliced chicken out of the fridge, as I set out to make up some sandwiches.

From Salon • Aug. 22, 2023

And now Chelsi Stone is glad she didn’t chicken out.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2022

I didn’t just chicken out of it, so I am definitely proud of that.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2022

I’m at my most powerful the moment I pull a perfect roast chicken out of the oven, and little makes me happier than sending my friends home full.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2021

I should’ve asked Momma to take me shopping over the weekend, but I was afraid I was going to chicken out about going to practice.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

chicken out

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