Usage of "chicken out"

Remove oneself from an obligation.

Usage of chicken out in английском

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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Meanings of chicken out in английском