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What does chickening mean?

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Verb
  1. present participle of chicken
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Examples
Which may be so – but it still seems like chickening out on her earlier achievement.
It was a very smart tactic, and if it produces a serious, united international front it may yet pressure Saddam into chickening out and allowing unconditional inspections.
I meant to, but I've been enjoying your company so much that I kept chickening out.
Zachery, with his usual flair for talking a good game but chickening out when the crunch came, at first refused outright to sled down the hill.
Of course, the candidates can choose not to go – but then they'd have to explain to real people why they're chickening out.
I surprise myself by not chickening out and heading straight back to Shinjuku station, although I do nearly get killed by an ambulance crossing Kita Street.

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