"quake in one's boots" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-quake in one's boots.ogg Forms: quakes in one's boots [present, singular, third-person], quaking in one's boots [participle, present], quaked in one's boots [participle, past], quaked in one's boots [past], shake in one's boots [alternative], quake in one's shoes [alternative], shake in one's shoes [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=quake in one's boots}} quake in one's boots (third-person singular simple present quakes in one's boots, present participle quaking in one's boots, simple past and past participle quaked in one's boots)
  1. (informal, idiomatic) To be very frightened, scared, or nervous. Tags: idiomatic, informal Categories (topical): Fear Translations (to be very frightened): trillen op zijn benen (Dutch), душа́ в пятки ушла (dušá v pjatki ušla) (Russian), се́рдце в пятки ушло (sérdce v pjatki ušlo) (Russian), గుండె జారిపోవు (guṇḍe jāripōvu) (Telugu)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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