finked out

past tense of fink out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for finked out
Verb
  • Plus, the captain tells Lo that the passenger assigned to cabin 10 backed out days before departure.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Months earlier, Charlotte attempted to trade him to the Los Angeles Lakers, but the Lakers backed out after the big man reportedly failed a physical examination.
    Doug Haller, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But seeing Scherzer grow animated as Schneider approached, shortstop Andrés Giménez backed off.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Trump had earlier suggested Chicago could be the next target of a National Guard deployment but has since backed off out of concern that doing so without Pritzker’s agreement could create legal headache, sources familiar with the matter told CNN last month.
    Hanna Park, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • China has been one of the few countries that hasn't backed down, relying on its economic clout.
    NPR, NPR, 12 Oct. 2025
  • China has been one of the few countries that hasn’t backed down, relying on its economic clout.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In a new career retrospective interview with The Guardian, Curry, who played the concierge in the movie, recalled once having to lie to Ivana about her choice of interior decorating in the hotel, where the movie was filmed.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Rodgers recalled hearing one of those songs on the radio a year later.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Finked out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finked%20out. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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