yellow out

English

Verb

yellow out (third-person singular simple present yellows out, present participle yellowing out, simple past and past participle yellowed out)

1. (intransitive, transitive, literally) To become thoroughly yellow, such as drying tobacco leaves, ripening fruit or aging newspaper.
2. (intransitive, slang) To chicken out.
3. (transitive) To highlight (something) in yellow.