get cold feet

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɡɛt ˈkəʊld fiːt/
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• General-American: /ˌɡɛt ˈkoʊld fit/
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No etymology was provided for this word.

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 臨陣退縮 /临阵退缩 — verb
• Chinese Mandarin: 臨陣退縮 /临阵退缩 (línzhèntuìsuō) — verb
• Danish: få kolde fødder — verb
• Danish: trække i land — verb
• Dutch: watervrees hebben — verb
• Dutch: plankenkoorts hebben — verb
• Finnish: jänistää — verb
• German: kalte Füße bekommen — verb
• Hebrew: קיבל רגליים קרות — verb
• Hungarian: inába száll a bátorsága — verb
• Hungarian: visszariad — verb
• Hungarian: visszaretten — verb
• Hungarian: elbátortalanodik — verb
• Hungarian: beijed — verb
• Hungarian: begyullad — verb
• Hungarian: berezel — verb
• Hungarian: begazol — verb
• Hungarian: bemajrézik — verb
• Italian: farsi il sangue amaro — verb
• Italian: fifa — verb
• Italian: avere i sudori freddi — verb
• Macedonian: се попи́шмани (se popíšmani) — verb
• Macedonian: се испи́шмани (se ispíšmani) — verb
• Macedonian: се пи́шмани (se píšmani) — verb
• Macedonian: се ко́леба (se kóleba) — verb
• Macedonian: се поко́леба (se pokóleba) — verb
• Norwegian Bokmål: få kalde føtter — verb
• Norwegian Nynorsk: få kalde føter — verb
• Polish: mieć pietra — verb
• Portuguese: amarelar — verb
• Swedish: få kalla fötter — verb
• Turkish: çekinmek — verb
• Turkish: gözü yememek — verb
• Turkish: götü yememek — verb