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
“We gave them the freedom to finish it, and not cop out. We didn’t want to chicken out of anything.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 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
“Come on, let’s dance before I chicken out and hide in the bathroom,” she says.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
