chicken out in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for chicken out in the English»French Dictionary

I.chicken [Brit ˈtʃɪkɪn, Am ˈtʃɪkən] N

II.chicken [Brit ˈtʃɪkɪn, Am ˈtʃɪkən] ADJ inf

III.chicken [Brit ˈtʃɪkɪn, Am ˈtʃɪkən]

I.hand [Brit hand, Am hænd] N

1. hand ANAT:

hands off inf!
pas touche! inf
hands off inf!

7. hand (possession):

I.out [aʊt] VB trans Out is used after many verbs in English to alter or reinforce the meaning of the verb (hold out, wipe out, filter out etc.). Very often in French, a verb alone will be used to translate these combinations. For translations you should consult the appropriate verb entry (hold, wipe, filter etc.).
When out is used as an adverb meaning outside, it often adds little to the sense of the phrase: they're out in the garden = they're in the garden. In such cases out will not usually be translated: ils sont dans le jardin.
out is used as an adverb to mean absent or not at home. In this case she's out really means she's gone out and the French translation is elle est sortie.
For the phrase out of see III. in the entry below.
For examples of the above and other uses, see the entry below.

See also wipe, hold, filter, come out

I.wipe [Brit wʌɪp, Am waɪp] N

II.wipe [Brit wʌɪp, Am waɪp] VB trans

I.hold <pret, pp held> [Brit həʊld, Am hoʊld] VB trans

II.hold <pret, pp held> [Brit həʊld, Am hoʊld] VB intr

IV.hold [Brit həʊld, Am hoʊld] N

I.filter [Brit ˈfɪltə, Am ˈfɪltər] N

II.filter [Brit ˈfɪltə, Am ˈfɪltər] VB trans

III.filter [Brit ˈfɪltə, Am ˈfɪltər] VB intr

I.keeping [Brit ˈkiːpɪŋ, Am ˈkipɪŋ] N (custody)

chicken out in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for chicken out in the English»French Dictionary

out → out of

See also out of, inside, in, in

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The default way to do this is to call-out the opposing dude, who may either refuse and chicken out or stay and fight.
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This guy didn't chicken out with his declaration of love.
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So, the player would prefer to chicken out.
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We just don't chicken out from following them wherever they go.
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Then you pull the chicken out of the turkey, and the quail out of the chicken.
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I wasn't going to, ahem, chicken out though.
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If you rinse your chicken out of safety concerns, just stop, she says, because you are making it less safe.
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If you've got a traditional potpie recipe, leave the chicken out and put in a really meaty mushroom, like a porcini mushroom.
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I can not chicken out because someone is threatening to take me to jail.
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He says he feels silly to chicken out, because he knows he is the type of person she would like.
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