get cold feet
Example Sentences
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Too many at all levels get cold feet and opt to wait for the “right time” to run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2024
I’m advised that at this stage of my life, I should put together a will, but I just get cold feet.
From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2023
Right now, doughty retail investors are looking like the most likely source of relief, as institutional players get cold feet in the midst of a macro maelstrom.
From Reuters ● Aug. 30, 2022
Collins said the female crew felt very supported by Pixar's executives, who did not get cold feet about the film's subject matter.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2022
"I'll get cold feet if I listen to you long," laughed yearling Holmes grimly.
From Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point Finding the Glory of the Soldier's Life by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
