OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 20472

chicken out

Meanings (ES + gloss)
achicarse • achicopalarse • achumicarse • acobardarse • aculillarse • apajuilarse • apencarse • apendejarse • apulismarse • arratonarse • ciscarse • jiñarse • papelonearse • rajarse
To shy away from a daring task; to decline, refuse, or avoid something due to fear or uncertainty.
I dismiss Reporters Without Borders. Completely nonsensical. We invited them in for a select committee hearing, and in the true heritage of free speech, they chickened out.
We almost convinced his dad to ride the roller coaster, but he chickened out when he saw how high it went.
Phrases
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