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gets cold feet

gets cold feet is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get cold feet.

Meaning of get cold feet

Verb

get cold feet (third-person singular simple present gets cold feet, present participle getting cold feet, simple past got cold feet, past participle (UK) got cold feet or (US) gotten cold feet)

  1. To become nervous about going through with something.
    • Near-synonym: chicken out
    Synonyms:
    chicken out

Questions about gets cold feet

What is gets cold feet the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gets cold feet is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get cold feet.

Words near gets cold feet in the dictionary

  1. gets busy
  2. gets by
  3. gets by the balls
  4. gets by with
  5. gets changed
  6. gets cold feet
  7. gets cracking
  8. gets down
  9. gets down on
  10. gets down to
  11. gets down to bedrock

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