get cold feet

There’s plenty of recent history to show how both prediction market creators and government regulators get cold feet when these platforms are given free rein and try to operate at scale.

Too many at all levels get cold feet and opt to wait for the “right time” to run.

Because he may be in the "uncomfortable position" of bringing the case without "being confident" of the outcome, "Bragg might get cold feet as well, and not fight that hard for a pre-election trial," Germain explained.

Dr Parr argues that data centre operators will get cold feet when revised costings emerge to render SMRs uncompetitive compared with renewable energy sources.

Newey has come close to joining Ferrari at least twice, only to get cold feet at the key moment.