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vb. (context idiomatic English) To shy away from a daring task; to decline, refuse, or avoid something due to fear or uncertainty.
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Chicken Out may refer to:
- Chicken Out (album), a 1994 album by the Ziggens
- Chicken Out Rotisserie, a chain of fast food restaurants
- "Chicken Out", a song by Gomez from Split the Difference
Usage examples of "chicken out".
As a Cook he had a penetrating, inspired eye, and would pick out the fattest chicken out of a whole poultry yard, and he gravely weighed an egg in his hand, and knew when it had been laid.
I didnt try the gown on at Evelyns houseI knew if I did, Id chicken out.
I'll bet he could steal a chicken out of the egg without cracking the shell.
When the bell rings you take the chicken out and set the basket in the drainer.
I took my blue chicken out of the coop and passed him to Tom Peeples.
Sending me after Ranger would be like sending the chicken out to hunt down the fox.
He sidestepped into the kitchen and pulled a foil-wrapped packet of chicken out of the bag, along with a container of stuffing, a container of gravy, and a container of mashed potatoes.
I wouldn't turn him down or chicken out, not with Tammy in the hospital, but I hated to fly.
It smelled fairly good, though, for the bucket he'd seen emptied into the pot earlier had contained a curry that some other crew had found too spicy to be eaten, so he shucked his chicken out of its loosened skin and then impaled the bird on a stick and held it over the flames.
You take the chicken out after two days and cut it off the bone and put the meat back.
And the chicken ' 'Oh, come on,' said Tommy, 'you get that chicken out of the oven and you and I'll eat it between us.