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  • as inback down
  • as inchicken out

synonyms for wimp out

  • abandon
  • admit
  • back off
  • back out
  • backtrack
  • balk
  • cancel
  • cave in
  • concede
  • give in
  • give up
  • pull back
  • pull out
  • renege
  • retreat
  • surrender
  • take back
  • withdraw
  • accede
  • acquiesce
  • back pedal
  • beg off
  • bow out
  • chicken out
  • cop out
  • demur
  • give ground
  • go back on
  • have no fight left
  • hold back
  • recant
  • recoil
  • resign
  • submit
  • withdraw from agreement or statement
  • yield

antonyms for wimp out

MOST RELEVANT
  • advance
  • allow
  • dispute
  • dissent
  • fight
  • permit
  • refuse
  • reject
  • uphold
  • go forward
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    How to use wimp out in a sentence

    And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.
    RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON
    Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
    THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNE
    Liszt looked at it, and to her fright and dismay cried out in a fit of impatience, "No, I won't hear it!"
    MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAY
    The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.
    THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
    Squinty could look out, but the slats were as close together as those in a chicken coop, and the little pig could not get out.
    SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUM
    "There's just one thing I'd like to ask, if you don't mind," said Cynthia, coming suddenly out of a brown study.
    THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN
    But Lucy had noted, out of the corner of her watchful eye, the arrival of Miss Grains, indignant and perspiring.
    THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
    Sol laughed out of his whiskers, with a big, loose-rolling sound, and sat on the porch without waiting to be asked.
    THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDEN
    And that was that if he and his wife were to ever live together again and be happy, the family were to be kept out of it.
    THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUX
    Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"
    DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYL
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