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To fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage.
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I had really wanted to dive off the 10-meter platform, but in the end I bottled out.
Submitted on August 28, 2012
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- file away
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- as well
- at home
- be my guest
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- bite one's tongue
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- dyed-in-the-wool
- eat one's hat
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- no slouch
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- play old harry
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