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chicken out

idiom

To shy away from a daring task; to decline, refuse, or avoid something due to fear or uncertainty.


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  1. 01

    chicken feed

    A very small or insignificant quantity, especially of money.

  2. 02

    chicken scratch

    Cramped or illegible handwriting.

  3. 03

    choke the chicken

    To masturbate by stimulating one's penis.

  4. 04

    play chicken

    As a risky test of courage, to drive two vehicles directly toward one another in order to see which driver will swerve away first.

  5. 05

    run around like a chicken with its head cut off

    To act in a haphazard or aimless way; to act frantically or without control.

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