To shamelessly pull out of an event in which you have a vested interest and/or are expected to attend by a large number of
people. This is usually
done at the last minute with a lame ass excuse. Similar to bowing out but more extreme, considered extremely small
time.
Dude 1: I was really looking forward to this ski
trip, but where the hell is Dude 2?
Dude 3: O ye, after bigging himself up for it all this
time he
bower out (bowered out)