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punk out verb- to withdraw from a task out of fear US, 1920
- But if you’re a Jap or a turkey or you’re going to punk out it’s going to be bad stuff for you. — Hal Ellson, Duke, p. 31, 1949
- I made sure, but if you want to punk out, say so. — Hal Ellson, The Golden Spike, p. 18, 1952
- The opposite of heart is punking out. — Harrison E. Salisbury, The Shook-up Generation, p. 25, 1958
- [H]e just wanted to know whether the private standing in front of him was trying to punk out of that war, or was truly bat-shit. — Emmett Grogan, Ringolevio, p. 227, 1972
- to inform on or betray a compatriot US
- — John R. Armore and Joseph D. Wolfe, Dictionary of Desperation, p. 44, 1976
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