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present participle of chicken (out)
Synonyms & Antonyms of chickening (out)
as in wimping out
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for chickening (out)
- abjuring,
- abnegating,
- disavowing,
- forswearing
- (also foreswearing),
- recalling,
- recanting,
- repudiating,
- retracting,
- taking back,
- unsaying,
- withdrawing
- begging off,
- crying off
- [chiefly British]
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for chickening (out)
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