lame out

To leave, exit, opt out of or abandon an event, group or activity in a way that disappoints the other members.

#1
At a party:
Jimbo: It's getting late. I gotta go home. You're on your own.
Heinz: You're laming out on me again?
Jimbo: I'm tired.
Heinz: Okay.. but next time we go to a party, don't lame out on me.

#2
In a car:
Jimbo: Where's Heinz? I thought we were all going to Vegas tonight.
Steve: He lamed out.

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lame down

1. To become lame.
2. To make someone lame.

#1.

Steve: Ever since Jimbo got married, he's been going home early, cutting down on his drinking, not talking about women and ditching us for his wife.

Heinz: Yeah. He's totally laming down.

#2.

Jimbo: So you think this marriage thing lamed me down?

Heinz: Well, Eric's married, but he didn't lame down.

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