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"punk out" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It means to back down or relent, usually due to fear or difficulty. For example, "After a few rounds of tough negotiations, the company punked out and had to accept the unfavorable contract terms."
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punk out
verb
To give up or cravenly abandon something difficult.
Exact(18)
Not when you knew we'd have to punk out".
We had to punk out because there was so many of you".
"If my thoughts have flawless delivery"— that is, if her cellphone doesn't punk out —"I can lead the army that will follow".
Then he turned back to Riccio and said defiantly, "Man, what did you want me to do? Punk out?" He straightened his jacket, ran his fingers through his hair, and set off across the street with several other Cherubs.
In each case, the CEO has a marvelous rationalization why it was OK for him to punk out or quit, but none them will every be great CEOs.
If the plane's lone engine were to punk out over the mountains, the pilot could pull a parachute that floats the airframe and occupants to earth at 10mph.
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"We never punked out before.
They don't want to be accused of punking out".
If the faculty punks out, the Hapsburgs hang on.
She functions as a cinema detective, tracking down rare films, like "Punking Out," a 1978 documentary about CBGB, directed by the independent filmmakers Maggi Carson, Juliusz Kossakowski and Frederic A. Shore.
Punked out in plaid.
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