chicken out
Example Sentences
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Talking to the only other couple who managed not to chicken out like we did, I’ll never forget the looks on their faces when they learned we’d left in the midnight hour.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025
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’d spread the chicken out like an open paperback and covered it with parsley, mushrooms and bread.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2020
He needed to get across to the platform, but he didn’t have any money, and if he thought about it one second longer, he’d chicken out.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
