English Explanatory Dictionary

wimp out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To back out of something because of cowardice.

Word forms

wimp out wimps out wimping out wimped out

Etymology

From wimp (“one who is weak and unconfident”).

Synonyms

chicken out

Related words

wimpy
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