chicken out

معنی

to decide not to do something because you are scared

از ترس، از انجام کاری منصرف شدن.

مثال‌ها

1. 1Aisha had booked a skydiving lesson, but she chickened out the night before.
2. 2Don’t chicken out now; you’ve practised your speech for weeks.
3. 3Priya had planned to tell her boss she was leaving, but she chickened out and stayed another year.
4. 4We all signed up for the charity swim in the sea, but Tom chickened out when he felt the water.
5. 5If you chicken out now, you’ll never know whether you’d have got the job.

دستور زبان

فقط chicken صرف می‌شود: chickens، chickened، chickening. برای نام بردن از کاری که رها شده، of و پس از آن یک اسم یا شکل -ing می‌آید.

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