Idiom
chicken out
Meaning
To shy away from a daring task; to decline, refuse, or avoid something due to fear or uncertainty.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He wanted to ask her out, but he chickened out.”
“She was going to try bungee jumping, but she chickened out at the last minute.”
“Standing at the edge of the stage, microphone in hand, he felt the familiar dread rise and knew he would chicken out yet again.”
Examples
simple
“He wanted to ask her out, but he chickened out.”
contextual
“She was going to try bungee jumping, but she chickened out at the last minute.”
complex
“Standing at the edge of the stage, microphone in hand, he felt the familiar dread rise and knew he would chicken out yet again.”
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