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wimp out vs chicken out

Both 'wimp out' and 'chicken out' are correct phrases used informally to describe someone who fails to do something due to fear or lack of courage. They are interchangeable and have similar meanings, so the choice between them depends on personal preference or regional usage.

Last updated: March 22, 2024 • 750 views

wimp out

This phrase is correct and commonly used in informal contexts to describe someone who fails to do something due to fear or lack of courage.

It means to back out of a situation or fail to follow through due to fear or lack of courage.

Examples:

Don't wimp out now, we need your help!
I thought he would join us, but he wimped out at the last minute.
She always wimps out when it comes to trying new things.
I don't want to wimp out, so I'll face my fears and do it.
He tends to wimp out when things get tough.

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This is no time to wimp out, Sammy.
She even had me give you a little push So you wouldn't wimp out.
Beverly encourages me to take risks and not wimp out when I'm on the verge of something new.
Honey, I did not wimp out.
What kind of man wimps out when his women are being abused?
George has been called a wimp for so long that he has to act out his manhood fantasies by sending other people's children to die.
They made us out to be a bunch of wimps!

Alternatives:

chicken out
back out
bail out
quit
give up

chicken out

This phrase is correct and commonly used in informal contexts to describe someone who fails to do something due to fear or lack of courage.

It means to back out of a situation or fail to follow through due to fear or lack of courage.

Examples:

Don't chicken out now, we need your help!
I thought he would join us, but he chickened out at the last minute.
She always chickens out when it comes to trying new things.
I don't want to chicken out, so I'll face my fears and do it.
He tends to chicken out when things get tough.

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When they come, you chicken out!
When that kitchen timer beeps, you take the chicken out, okay?
And I'd just taken a chicken out of the oven and I thought,
Still time to chicken out baby.
- Don't chicken out now.
I left some chicken out on the counter.
Although, on past experience, we'll chicken out and settle for white wine instead, but there you go.
Besides, we're making too much money for you to chicken out now.
I've never known you to chicken out of a game... whatever the stakes.
All right, well, so I had a feeling he might chicken out, and he did.
I not going to chicken out.
I thought you were going to chicken out of this date with Tom.
The first time is like this little Homie, don't chicken out.
I've just taken the chicken out of the pan. It's so moist.
If I don't prepare, I'll chicken out.
Now some of you boys I know are wondering whether or not you'll chicken out under fire.
The chap didn't chicken out.
I'm constantly forgetting to put the chicken out the night before, so it's always rock-solid, so I have to use the knife to wedge it apart.
You know, help a chicken out?
l knew you'd chicken out.

Alternatives:

wimp out
back out
bail out
quit
give up

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