bottle out
phrasal verbwithbottleverb[T]uk/ˈbɒt.əl/us/ˈbɑː.t̬əl/
UKinformaltosuddenlydecidenot to do something that you hadintendedto do because youfeelfrightenedandloseyourconfidence:
放弃原计划；临阵退缩I was going toentera belly-dancingcontest, but Ibottledout at the lastminute.我本打算参加肚皮舞比赛，但在最后时刻我打了退堂鼓。
Avoiding action
- abrogate
- abrogation
- avoid
- avoidsomethinglike the plagueidiom
- avoidance
- evade
- evader
- evasion
- fiddle
- fiddle around
- fight shy ofidiom
- flinch
- insure
- short circuit
- shrink fromsomething
- shy away fromsomething
- sit onyourarseidiom
- skip out onsomeone/something
- steer
- welch
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