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
Rostislavrahs-tee-SLAHF (Russian)Russian, Czech, Medieval Slavic
TanziTAN-zeeEnglish (Rare)
Cervantes[sə:'væntiz]
ZowieZO-eeEnglish (Rare)
Porfirio-Italian, Spanish
Muirchertach-Irish