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gotten cold feet

gotten cold feet is the 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 gotten cold feet

What is gotten cold feet the past participle of?
Gotten cold feet is the past participle of get cold feet.

Words near gotten cold feet in the dictionary

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

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