quit cold

I am going to make you lie down—to make you show your yellow, and quit cold; for this is going to be your last fight.

Suppose you had quit cold, got cold feet, let yourself be scared out of your wits, and not braved the thing you feared.

I'd about made up my mind to follow the story through for my own satisfaction, and then quit cold on it.

But I'd never seen a man's face give the lie to his spirit, either, the way his did, if he was the kind that would quit cold.

Im mightily mistaken about Rand if he doesnt quit cold when he gets my letter.