WIMP OUT meaning: Avoid challenge due to fear - OneLook

Usually means: Avoid challenge due to fear.

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wimp out: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
wimp out: Merriam-Webster
wimp out: Collins English Dictionary
wimp out: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
wimp out: Wiktionary
wimp out: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
wimp out: Dictionary.com
wimp out: TheFreeDictionary.com

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wimp out: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

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Definitions from Wiktionary (wimp out)

▸ verb: (informal, derogatory) To back out of something because of cowardice.

Similar:

wuss out, puss out, wimp, funk out, chicken out, weasel out, cop out, punk, crab, punk out, more...

Types:

back out, chicken out, cop out, bail, more...

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Similar:

wuss out, puss out, wimp, funk out, chicken out, weasel out, cop out, punk, crab, punk out, more...

Types:

back out, chicken out, cop out, bail, more...

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