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View synonyms for chicken out
chicken out
verb
- informal.intr, adverb to fail to do something through fear or lack of conviction
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Idioms and Phrases
Back out from fear, lose one's nerve, as in In the end I chickened out and took the easier route down the mountain . Chicken is a popular synonym for “cowardly,” a usage arising in the 1600s and 1700s but then apparently abandoned until the 20th century. [ Slang ; c. 1930]Advertisement
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