wimp out
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wimp out
Where it comes from
From wimp (“one who is weak and unconfident”).
verb wimps out · wimping out · wimped out
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To back out of something because of cowardice.
Your son has been a holy terror! He kept getting into trouble and refusing to mind me! After repeatedly trying to get him to behave, I finally gave up. I wimped out. I have the womb to be a parent, but not the backbone.
Similar: chicken out
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title = {wimp out},
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