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
Aderyn	-	Welsh
Arkadiy	ahr-KAH-dee	Russian
Gheorghe	-	Romanian
Laurus	-	Late Roman
Raymond	RAY-mənd (English), re-MAWN (French)	English, French
Annabelle	AN-ə-bel (English)	English, French