chicken out
Example Sentences
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Talking to the only other couple who managed not to chicken out like we did, I’ll never forget the looks on their faces when they learned we’d left in the midnight hour.
From Salon • Oct. 31, 2025
“It’s really important when our country is going to crap, and maybe if it starts lightning right now, I might chicken out and run away,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2022
And now Chelsi Stone is glad she didn’t chicken out.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2022
I’d spread the chicken out like an open paperback and covered it with parsley, mushrooms and bread.
From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2020
Petey clenched his fist and ran through before he could chicken out.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
