жарг. выйти из игры, грозящей неприятностями; пойти на попятный He chickened out of climbing up the tree. The boy was afraid that if he did not join the others in the crime, they would say he had chickened out.
CHICKEN OUT
Англо-русский перевод CHICKEN OUT
Мюллер. English-Russian Muller's dictionary bed edition. Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера редакция bed. 2012