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got cold feet

got cold feet is the simple past and past participle 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 got cold feet

What is got cold feet the simple past and past participle of?
Got cold feet is the simple past and past participle of get cold feet.

Words near got cold feet in the dictionary

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

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