chicken out
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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
Murdaugh testified that he saw them around the same time he took a chicken out of the mouth of one of their dogs, Bubba, who had been chasing the chicken on their property.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2023
“We gave them the freedom to finish it, and not cop out. We didn’t want to chicken out of anything.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2022
And now Chelsi Stone is glad she didn’t chicken out.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2022
Safer’s mom watches as Pigeon picks all the chicken out of his stir-fry and pushes it to one side of his plate.
From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead
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