Meaning of “bottle out” in the English Dictionary

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UK informal

— phrasal verb with bottle uk /ˈbɒt.əl/ us /ˈbɑː.t̬əl/ verb [ T ]

› to suddenly decide not to do something that you had intended to do because you feel frightened and lose your confidence:

I was going to enter a belly-dancing contest, but I bottled out at the last minute.

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