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chickens out

chickens out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chicken out.

Meaning of chicken out

Verb

chicken out (third-person singular simple present chickens out, present participle chickening out, simple past and past participle chickened out)

  1. (idiomatic) To shy away from a daring task; to decline, refuse, or avoid something due to fear or uncertainty.
    • We almost convinced his dad to ride the roller coaster, but he chickened out when he saw how high it went.

Questions about chickens out

What is chickens out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Chickens out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chicken out.

Words near chickens out in the dictionary

  1. chickens
  2. chickens for Colonel Sanders
  3. chickens for KFC
  4. chickens from hell
  5. chickens of the woods
  6. chickens out
  7. chickenshit
  8. chickenshithead
  9. chickenshits
  10. chickensona
  11. chickensonas

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