See funk out on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1848, James Russell Lowell, The Biglow Papers:",
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"(dated or dialectal) To back out in a cowardly way; to chicken out."
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"ref": "2012, W. G. Marshall, Enormity:",
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"text": "Jack did not like it when his technology funked out, but with forty-three Marines keeping careful watch, he could at least search with the Mark I eyeball.",
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"ref": "2018, Eric Wendell, Experiencing Herbie Hancock: A Listener's Companion:",
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