bottle it

To lose one's nerve, courage, or resolve to undertake something. Primarily heard in UK. I wanted to ask Steve on a date, but I bottled it at the last minute.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Voitto	VOYT-to	Finnish
Aryan	-	Indian, Hindi
Pryderi	-	Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Derick	DER-ik	English
Eunike	-	Biblical Greek, Ancient Greek
Marcos	MAHR-kos (Spanish), MAR-koos (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese