chicken out
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“I hope this data helps people not chicken out — like, just go through the front door. It’s not that hard.”
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2023
And now Chelsi Stone is glad she didn’t chicken out.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2022
I didn’t just chicken out of it, so I am definitely proud of that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2022
I’m at my most powerful the moment I pull a perfect roast chicken out of the oven, and little makes me happier than sending my friends home full.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
Sanjeev went to the kitchen, which was empty, and ate a piece of chicken out of the tray on the counter with his fingers because he thought no one was looking.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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