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COLD FEET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cold feet mean?
• COLD FEET (noun)
The noun COLD FEET has 1 sense:
1. timidity that prevents the continuation of a course of action
Familiarity information: COLD FEET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Timidity that prevents the continuation of a course of action
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Context example:
I was going to tell him but I got cold feet
Hypernyms ("cold feet" is a kind of...):
timidity; timidness; timorousness (fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions)
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