wuss out

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wuss out

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From wuss (“coward”).

verb wusses out · wussing out · wussed out

intransitive, slang To fail to do something because of cowardice. He said he was going to climb that tree, but he wussed out at the last moment.
Similar: chicken out

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@misc{wuss_out_2026,
  title = {wuss out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wuss%20out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}