chicken out

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

chicken out phrasal verb slang disapproving [ chickens out chickening out chickened out chickened out chickened out ]
to decide not to do something because you are too frightened
• I was going to go bungee jumping, but I chickened out.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Cowardly ↑Avoiding action ↑Laziness and lazy people
Main entry: chicken_{phrasal verb}