If you chicken out of something you do not do it, because you are afraid: you chicken out, or chicken out of it.
Examples of use:
1. He was going to go on a parachute jump last week, but he chickened out of it.
2. She chickened out of asking Michael to the college prom.
3. I would like to visit my brother in Australia but I'm afraid of flying so I keep chickening out.
| infinitive |
chicken out |
| present simple |
chicken out and chickens out |
| -ing form |
chickening out |
| past simple |
chickened out |
| past participle |
chickened out |
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