have cold feet
Example Sentences
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Should you have cold feet about starting Tua Tagovailoa against the Buffalo Bills?
From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2022
Some companies already have cold feet and haven't booked anything formal, or have cancelled plans.
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2021
The other destructive message I clearly remember is that it is normal for men to have cold feet about marriage so if it feels like your fiancé to is pulling back, don't worry.
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2018
When I didn’t answer, she asked, “What’s that face about? You have cold feet about getting onstage?”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
"No; a good banker's got to have cold feet, as the fellow said."
From The Main Chance by Nicholson, Meredith
