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Chicken out

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Verb
  1. 1
    To shy away from a daring task; to decline, refuse, or avoid something due to fear or uncertainty. idiomatic

    "We almost convinced his dad to ride the roller coaster, but he chickened out when he saw how high it went."

  2. 2
    remove oneself from an obligation wordnet

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