Apedia

Convinced Dad Ride Roller Coaster Chickened High Daring

Sentence We almost convinced his dad to ride the roller coaster, but he chickened out when he saw how high it went.
Definition (
idiomatic
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#idiomatic
) To
shy away
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shy_away
from a daring task; to
decline
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/decline
,
refuse
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/refuse
, or
avoid
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/avoid
something due to
fear
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fear
or
uncertainty
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/uncertainty
.

Tags: chicken, out

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Wind chopped lake body water

Previous card: Stories checked prove investigation case

Up to card list: English Phrasal Verbs - Cloze Tests