bottle out
(UK, informal) To fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage or nerve; to run away or back down from a contest or challenge.
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Evil shitbag will stop me from taking Lexapro when they pry the bottle out of my cold, dead hand. I have panic disorder (which is not anxiety, more like cross between bad acid trip and heart attack) and I fucking nee…
i'm also on an SNRI (duloxetine) which ended up being a miracle drug for my ocd and fibro. the first med i tried was an SSRI (zoloft) and it was literally so bad i almost threw the bottle out of a car window
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(UK, informal) To fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage or nerve; to run away or back down from a contest or challenge.
I had really wanted to dive off the 10-metre platform, but in the end I bottled out.
“Evil shitbag will stop me from taking Lexapro when they pry the bottle out of my cold, dead hand. I have panic disorder (which is not anxiety, more like cross between bad acid trip and heart attack) and I fucking need it! #antidepressants”
— Bluesky· May 2026“i'm also on an SNRI (duloxetine) which ended up being a miracle drug for my ocd and fibro. the first med i tried was an SSRI (zoloft) and it was literally so bad i almost threw the bottle out of a car window”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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