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Discover Ludwig"get cold feet" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when someone is feeling nervous or scared about something, usually something related to making a commitment. For example, "My friend was about to get married, but she got cold feet and cancelled the wedding at the last minute."
Idiom
Cold feet.
If you get cold feet about something, you lose the courage to do it.
Dictionary
get cold feet
verb
To become nervous or anxious and reconsider a decision about an upcoming event.
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People get cold feet.
The kaiser and Bethmann-Hollweg momentarily get cold feet.
Some parents could get cold feet and sacrifice their deposits.
For a moment, Wintrich seemed to get cold feet.
But he had started to get cold feet.
Many more towns could join them before bond investors get cold feet.
But if I get cold feet, I'll probably just use some regular human blood.
But Greece's official creditors have their own reasons to get cold feet about another rescue package.
"People get interested, but they always get cold feet," he said.
Leach was terrified the cabinet would get cold feet and rescind the task force.
Britain suffers a slump in high street spending as consumers get cold feet.
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