
What Does “chicken out” mean?
Definition:
To refuse to do something because of fear.
Example(s)
He chickened out just at the time they were taking him to operating theatre.
This idiom is in the animals category.

To refuse to do something because of fear.
He chickened out just at the time they were taking him to operating theatre.
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