All flake out synonyms
flake out
F f 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.