Lexic.us

Definition of Chicken out

1. Verb. Remove oneself from an obligation. "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved"

Definition of Chicken out

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To shy away from a daring task; to decline, refuse, or avoid something due to fear or uncertainty. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chicken Out

Literary usage of Chicken out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Collected Works of George Moore by George Moore (1898)
"... chicken out to baste it, it seemed a little scorched. So Evelyn insisted on a piece of paper. Agnes said that it would delay the cooking of the chicken, ..."

2. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"... and consequently that the egge is produced by the cock and henne, and the chicken out of the egge, yet neither the schools of physicians nor Aristotle's ..."

3. The Study of Animal Life by John Arthur Thomson (1892)
"... and the chicken out of the egge, yet neither the schools of physicians nor Aristotle's discerning brain have disclosed the manner how the cock and his ..."

4. The Science of Life: An Outline of the History of Biology and Its Recent by John Arthur Thomson (1899)
"... and consequently that the egge is produced by the cock and henne, and the chicken out of the egge, yet neither the schools of physicians nor Aristotle's ..."

5. The Evolution of Sex by Patrick Geddes, John Arthur Thomson (1908)
"... its original and birth from the male and female, and consequently that the egge is produced by the cock and henne, and the chicken out of the egge, ..."

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