English Explanatory Dictionary

bottle out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. 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.

Word forms

bottle out bottles out bottling out bottled out

Synonyms

bottle it lose one's nerve get cold feet

Related words

chicken out
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