Usually means: Display cowardice in challenging situations.
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  2. show the white feather: Collins English Dictionary
  3. show the white feather: Wiktionary
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▸ verb:  To show cowardice.

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plume, cadge, plover, cope, cancelier, wildfowl, magpie, falcon, peent, fly high, more...

Phrases:
to show the white feather, more...

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Similar:
plume, cadge, plover, cope, cancelier, wildfowl, magpie, falcon, peent, fly high, more...

Phrases:
to show the white feather, more...



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