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bottling out

bottling out is the present participle and gerund 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 bottling out

What is bottling out the present participle and gerund of?
Bottling out is the present participle and gerund of bottle out.

Words near bottling out in the dictionary

  1. bottling
  2. bottling away
  3. bottling down
  4. bottling it
  5. bottling off
  6. bottling out
  7. bottling plant
  8. bottling plants
  9. bottling up
  10. bottlings
  11. bottlo

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