chicken out of something



chicken out (of something)

in. to manage to get out of something, usually because of fear or cowardice. Freddy chickened out of the plan at the last minute.
See also: chicken, of, out

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Chetan-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada
Maleko-Hawaiian
BillyBIL-eeEnglish
Sionann-Irish Mythology
JeanieJEE-neeEnglish
NunziaNOON-tsyahItalian