bottle out

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 out at the last minute.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Emilia	e-MEEL-yah (Italian, Spanish, Polish), E-mee-lee-ah (Finnish), e-MEE-lee-ah (Swedish)	Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Finnish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Albin	AHL-been (Polish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, French, English, Slovene
Long	[lɔŋ]
Alecock	['ælikɔk]
TristÁN	tree-STAHN	Spanish
Robi	-	Hungarian