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bottles out

bottles out is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 bottles out

What is bottles out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bottles out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bottle out.

Words near bottles out in the dictionary

  1. bottles away
  2. bottles down
  3. bottles it
  4. bottles of wine
  5. bottles off
  6. bottles out
  7. bottles up
  8. bottlescrew
  9. bottlescrews
  10. bottlesful
  11. bottleshop

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