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chicken out
verb
to lose courage and retreat from an endeavour US, 1934- I hope he points out that Chicago Yippies also signed the permit request and all the local Yippies, even those who chickened out, are working on the Festival harder than ever. — Abbie Hoffman, Revolution for the Hell of It, p. 110, 1968
- I was wondering if he had chickened out again, when he came down the sidewalk and got in the Buick beside me. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Trick Baby, p. 223, 1969
- I don’t want to ignore anything. I want to look. I don’t want to chicken out. — Douglas Rushkoff, The Snow that Killed Manuel Jarrow (Disco Biscuits), p. 195, 1996
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