| 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 pl.n. Slang Fearfulness or timidity preventing the completion of a course of action. |
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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