"bottle out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bottles out [present, singular, third-person], bottling out [participle, present], bottled out [participle, past], bottled out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bottle out (third-person singular simple present bottles out, present participle bottling out, simple past and past participle bottled out)
  1. (UK, informal) To fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage or nerve; to run away or back down from a contest or challenge. Tags: UK, informal Synonyms: bottle it, lose one's nerve, get cold feet Related terms: chicken out Translations (to fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage or nerve): craquer (French), se dégonfler (French)

Inflected forms

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