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Cold Feet Joel In The Loop 132 Scared Wanted Mr Lee

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Idiom COLD FEET
Definition too scared to do something
Examples
  1. Joel wanted to ask Mr. Lee for a pay raise, but when Joel saw him, he got cold feet and just said, “Good morning.”
  2. The soldier got cold feet when the pilot told him it was time to parachute out of the airplane.
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Synonyms: chicken out; have second thoughts

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