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chicken out vi phrasal slang (lose courage)acobardarse v prnl
  amilanarse v prnl
  echarse para atrás v prnl + loc adv
 He was planning to ask her to the dance, but then he chickened out.
 Tenía planeado sacarla a bailar, pero al final se acobardó.
  (PR: vulgar)cagarse loc verb
  (ES: coloquial)darle el canguelo a loc verb + prep
  (AR: vulgar)cagarse en las patas v prnl + loc adv
  (MX: vulgar)ser un puñal loc verb
 Tenía planeado pedirle bailar, pero al final le dio el canguelo.
  (MX: coloquial)ser un gallina loc verb
  (ES: vulgar)cagarse por la pata abajo loc verb
 Tenía planeado pedirle bailar, pero al final reculó.
chicken out of [sth] vi phrasal + prep slang (not be brave enough for) (coloquial)echarse para atrás loc verb
  acobardarse v prnl
  rajarse v prnl
 I can't believe you made me sign up for skydiving and then chickened out of it yourself!
 ¡No puedo creer que me hayas hecho inscribir en esto del salto en paracaídas y que luego tú mismo te eches para atrás!
chicken out of doing [sth] v expr slang (not be brave enough to do)no atreverse a, no animarse a loc verb
  acobardarse v prnl
 Lee chickened out of going on the roller coaster at the last minute.
 Lee no se atrevió a ir a la montaña rusa a último minuto.
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'chicken out' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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Collocations: chickened out at the [sight, thought, sound] of, chickened out at the last [second, minute, moment], chickened out of the [fight, competition, performance], more...

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