bottle it

Verb

UK informal

(UK, informal) To suppress an action or expression, especially when due to lack of courage. / (UK, informal) To lose one's nerve. / (UK, informal) To run away, especially when due to lack of courage.

Japanese Meaning

（臆病になって、）思い切りがなくなる、恐気づく、脱落する / （勇気がなく、）行動するのをためらう、または逃げ出す

What is this buttons?

When the time came to confront his boss, he decided to bottle it and walked away.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

上司に対峙する時が来たとき、彼は怖気づいてその場を去った。

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Sense（1）

(UK, informal) To suppress an action or expression, especially when due to lack of courage.

Sense（2）

(UK, informal) To lose one's nerve.

Sense（3）

(UK, informal) To run away, especially when due to lack of courage.

bottles it

（ present singular third-person ）

bottling it

（ participle present ）

bottled it

（ participle past ）

bottled it

（ past ）

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