Usage of "chicken out"

Remove oneself from an obligation.

Sinónimos

Examples for "back off"

Nicky let me go; he let me draw back off his body. 
 Kiss The Dead 

If the recent 200-plus losses are causing you serious stress, back off. 
 Reuters 

We need to back off that business with medal forecasts, he said. 
 News.com.au 

For a moment Vince had a choice: back off or keep going. 
 Throttle 

Maybe you should back off a bit in case she sees us. 
 The cold light of mourning 

The German utilities decided to pull out of building new nuclear plants. 
 The Guardian 

The Tajik government asked Russia in 2004 to pull out its troops. 
 Reuters 

Analysts say smaller players may instead choose to pull out of Europe. 
 Reuters 

Abbott is already seeking to pull out of one deal this year. 
 Reuters 

Mr Tsvangirai has threatened to pull out of negotiations over the issue. 
 The Irish Times 

Folding her arms, Linda said, 'You can't go back down south yet. 
 Valis 

He added the Islamic state should not back down on nuclear rights. 
 The Irish Times 

However, Mastro argues Beijing's response will likely be to not back down. 
 News.com.au 

The power in Gregg was impatient, eager; he forced it back down. 
 Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad 

We dropped back down to ground level in five point eight seconds. 
 The Andalite Chronicles 

Trying to discover whether she wanted to fight or bow out gracefully. 
 Love is the best medicine: what two dogs taught one veterinarian... 

But I believe now is the time to bow out, he added. 
 Radio NZ 

But the Fringe is determined not to bow out without a fight. 
 Radio NZ 

Fitzgerald will bow out of his involvement with the centre in December. 
 The Irish Times 

But Nigel Clough's players do not bow out of knockout competitions easily. 
 The Guardian 

Uso de chicken out en inglés

They probably want me to shoo a chicken out of their way. 
 Prudence of the Parsonage 

But most of us chicken out of actually making the quantum leap. 
 The Irish Times 

Pounding the chicken out before you cook it helps weaken that collagen. 
 Wired 

Behind them, Mawu walked, holding the chicken out in front of her. 
 Wench: a novel 

Turn off the cooker, lift the chicken out onto a low-sided tray, etc. 
 Radio NZ 

Take the chicken out of the fridge the following day and dredge it. 
 The Guardian 

I'm cool until a car finally slows down, then I almost chicken out. 
 Freaks and revelations 

You're not going to chicken out on me now, are you? 
 Burned 

But I couldn't be rude, either, and spit the chicken out. 
 Bloodthirsty 

All you did was chicken out like the rest of us. 
 When the wind blows 

Knowing she was about to chicken out of telling the truth. 
 The lake 

Shaking and woozy, I told myself, This is no time to ' chicken out.' 
 Blood Brothers: A Medic's Sketch Book 

Nobody ever said 'hopeless,' though; that's where we'd chicken out. 
 Revolutionary Road 

She'd been afraid the conversation might not go exactly right, and she'd chicken out. 
 Naughty neighbor 

Something in her light tone made me almost chicken out. 
 I shot you babe 

So now it's all for nothing because you want to chicken out and run. 
 The wrong venus 

chicken

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Preposición

Chicken out a través del tiempo

Chicken out por variante geográfica

Estados Unidos de América

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Significados de chicken out en inglés