bottle out
Verb
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Verb
- (UK, informal) To fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage.
- I had really wanted to dive off the 10-meter platform, but in the end I bottled out.
- Synonyms: lose one's nerve, get cold feet
- French: craquer, se dégonfler
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