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bottle out

British  

verb

  1. slang (intr, adverb) to lose one's nerve

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The video also shows a passenger in the blue BMW throwing a water bottle out the window in the direction of the cyclists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2026

Later, her son’s girlfriend emptied the bottle out.

From NewsForKids.net ● Feb. 29, 2024

The team first ran their algorithm on a simulation of a robot that was directed to push a bottle out of the way without knocking it over.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2023

Because of that, it’s difficult to make a new bottle out of an old bottle or a new mouse out of an old mouse.

From The Verge ● Oct. 6, 2021

Razi lunged at him and knocked the bottle out of his hands.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

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