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wimp out
phrasal verb with wimpverbuk /wɪmp/ us /wɪmp/
informal
to decide not to do something because you are too frightened: 因恐惧而不做…
I was going to do a parachute jump but I wimped out at the last minute.我打算去跳伞，但到了最后一刻我还是吓得没敢跳。
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