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All flake out synonyms

flake out
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verb flake out

  • go β€” to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • weary β€” physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired: weary eyes; a weary brain.
  • succumb β€” to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair.
  • languish β€” to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
  • decease β€” death
  • accede β€” If you accede to someone's request, you do what they ask.
  • depart β€” When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
  • collapse β€” If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
  • fall β€” to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
  • cave β€” A cave is a large hole in the side of a cliff or hill, or one that is under the ground.
  • submit β€” to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • demise β€” The demise of something or someone is their end or death.
  • pass β€” to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
  • croak β€” When a frog or bird croaks, it makes a harsh, low sound.
  • knuckle β€” a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
  • back out β€” If you back out, you decide not to do something that you previously agreed to do.
  • bail out β€” If you bail someone out, you help them out of a difficult situation, often by giving them money.
  • bow out β€” If you bow out of something, you stop taking part in it.
  • chicken out β€” If someone chickens out of something they were intending to do, they decide not to do it because they are afraid.
  • cop out β€” If you say that someone is copping out, you mean they are avoiding doing something they should do.
  • cut loose β€” to free or become freed from restraint, custody, anchorage, etc
  • opt out β€” to make a choice; choose (usually followed by for).
  • throw over β€” to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • walk out on β€” to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
  • fly the coop β€” an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.
  • let go β€” to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • run out on β€” to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • ship out β€” a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
  • take a powder β€” British Dialect. to rush.
  • take a walk β€” to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
  • crack up β€” If someone cracks up, they are under such a lot of emotional strain that they become mentally ill.
  • give in β€” to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • go to pieces β€” a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
  • keel over β€” Nautical. a central fore-and-aft structural member in the bottom of a hull, extending from the stem to the sternpost and having the floors or frames attached to it, usually at right angles: sometimes projecting from the bottom of the hull to provide stability.
  • belly up β€” If a company goes belly up, it does not have enough money to pay its debts.
  • conk out β€” If something such as a machine or a vehicle conks out, it stops working or breaks down.
  • give out β€” to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • go under β€” to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • knuckle under β€” a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
  • eat crow β€” any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America.
  • give up the ghost β€” the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
  • pack it in β€” a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.
  • throw in the towel β€” an absorbent cloth or paper for wiping and drying something wet, as one for the hands, face, or body after washing or bathing.
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