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bottle it
phrase
UKinformal
to not do something because you are frightened; to fail at something because you are frightened : 不敢做;放弃，退缩
He should have taken the penalty but he bottled it.他本来应该罚点球的，可是退缩了。
Walker should have been sent off for that but the referee bottled it.
Under pressure, they bottled it.
I was going to tell him what I thought of his plan but I bottled it.
She denied that her team had bottled it.
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