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bottled out

bottled out is the simple past and past participle of bottle out.

Meaning of bottle out

Verb

bottle out (third-person singular simple present bottles out, present participle bottling out, simple past and past participle bottled out)

  1. (UK, informal) To fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage or nerve; to run away or back down from a contest or challenge.
    • I had really wanted to dive off the 10-metre platform, but in the end I bottled out.

Questions about bottled out

What is bottled out the simple past and past participle of?
Bottled out is the simple past and past participle of bottle out.

Words near bottled out in the dictionary

  1. bottled gas
  2. bottled gases
  3. bottled in bond
  4. bottled it
  5. bottled off
  6. bottled out
  7. bottled up
  8. bottled water
  9. bottled waters
  10. bottlefeeder
  11. bottlefeeders

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