bottle out
phrasal verb
bottled out; bottling out; bottles out
British slang
: to become too afraid to do something : to lose one's nerve
I was going to ask him but then I bottled out.
Examples of bottle out in a Sentence
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After all, ditching an $8 bottle midway through feels a lot better than finishing a $60 bottle out of guilt.
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Annie Blackman, Allure, 28 Mar. 2025
Reema Mahmoud’s Selfie begins with a shot of the Mediterranean Sea and ends with the filmmaker sending a letter in a bottle out into the water.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
The Towson man, an avid traveler with an affinity for cruises, estimates he’s sent dozens of bottles out to sea, each with a note inside sharing his name and contact information.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 4 Dec. 2024
Under optimal aging conditions, Texas whiskey makers rarely get more than 250 bottles out of any one 53-gallon vessel.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
The scavenger hunt began with Joan and Mark fishing a message in a bottle out of the ocean.
—Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
In a post that surfaced on social media, the rapper can be seen spilling over a bunch of baby oil bottles out of a grocery story bag onto a sidewalk.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 26 Sep. 2024
Offering cash to get plastic bottles out of the waste stream is a simple, effective solution.
—Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2024
The singer did, pausing her performance to tell staff to help distressed people, and once tossing a bottle out to the crowd herself.
—Marina Dias, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2023
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Annie Blackman, Allure, 28 Mar. 2025
Reema Mahmoud’s Selfie begins with a shot of the Mediterranean Sea and ends with the filmmaker sending a letter in a bottle out into the water.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
The Towson man, an avid traveler with an affinity for cruises, estimates he’s sent dozens of bottles out to sea, each with a note inside sharing his name and contact information.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 4 Dec. 2024
Under optimal aging conditions, Texas whiskey makers rarely get more than 250 bottles out of any one 53-gallon vessel.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
The scavenger hunt began with Joan and Mark fishing a message in a bottle out of the ocean.
—Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
In a post that surfaced on social media, the rapper can be seen spilling over a bunch of baby oil bottles out of a grocery story bag onto a sidewalk.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 26 Sep. 2024
Offering cash to get plastic bottles out of the waste stream is a simple, effective solution.
—Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2024
The singer did, pausing her performance to tell staff to help distressed people, and once tossing a bottle out to the crowd herself.
—Marina Dias, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2023
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