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chicken out

verbcandidate·updated Jun 3, 2026

to remove oneself from an obligation

MWE

Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

synonym
pull out
pasttense
chickened out
presentparticiple
chickening out
thirdpersonsingular
chickens out
pastparticiple
chickened out