to wimp out meaning?

Question

What's the meaning of "to wimp out" idiom? Please give me some examples!

Answer 1

 

Idiom Conjugations:

 

Answer 2

Gerund Form of the Idiom:

Wimping out is what cowards and lazy people do.
 

Answer 3

Idiom Usage:

To wimp out is an informal idiom most commonly used among young people or close male friends.
 

Answer 4

Idiom Scenario 2:

It's Friday night and time to party ...

Friend One:  "Ready to go out and party?"
Friend Two:  "I don't know.  I'm feeling kind of tired."
Friend One:  "But we've been looking forward to going out all week."
Friend Two:  "I think I'll just stay in and watch TV."
Friend One:  "I can't believe you are going to wimp out!"

Answer 5

Idiom Scenario 1:

Two young boys are standing at the edge of a cliff.  At the bottom of the cliff is a deep pool of water.  The boys have been trying to find the courage to jump off the cliff into the water for more than a month ...

First Boy:      "OK.  I'm going to jump.  Are you ready?"
Second Boy:  "I don't know.  I'm not sure."
First Boy:       "We agreed that we would jump together.  Are you wimping out?"
Second Boy:   "I am too afraid.  I can't do it."

The first boy jumps into the water and yells up to the second boy ...

                         "Come on, you coward!  Jump!"

Answer 6

Idiom Definition:

"to wimp out"

to not do something because of cowardice or lack of conviction
 

Synonyms: abandon, accede, acquiesce, balk, cancel, cave, chicken, coward, cowardice, demur, fear, fearfulness, give, gutless, recant, recoil, renege, resign, retreat, submit, surrender, timid, withdraw, yellow, yield
 
 

The little girl is refusing to cross the swinging bridge because she is too afraid.  She is wimping out.