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cold feet

noun

Informal.
  1. a loss or lack of courage or confidence; an onset of uncertainty or fear:

    She got cold feet when asked to sing a solo.



cold feet

plural noun

  1. informal.
    loss or lack of courage or confidence
“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

cold feet

  1. To “have cold feet” is to be too fearful to undertake or complete an action: “The backup quarterback was called into the game, but he got cold feet and refused to go in.”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cold feet1

First recorded in 1890–95

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