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funk out

VERB

chicken out

Synonyms

WEAK

avoid back down back out back pedal beg off blow it off bow out cancel cop out get cold feet give up give way go back on have no stomach for make concessions pull out recant renege resign scratch shy from surrender throw in the towel turn yellow weasel out wiggle out wimp out withdraw worm out yield

Example Sentences

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We can dance the Funky Chicken, tell imaginary intruders to get the funk out of our faces.

From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson

I felt as though somebody was pouring funk out of a can down the back of my neck.

From The First Men in the Moon by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)