"get cold feet" meaning in English

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          "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
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          "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
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          "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
          "word": "kalte Füße bekommen"
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          "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
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          "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
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          "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
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          "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
          "word": "elbátortalanodik"
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          "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
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          "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
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          "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
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          "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
          "word": "bemajrézik"
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          "roman": "se popíšmani",
          "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
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          "word": "се попи́шмани"
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          "roman": "se ispíšmani",
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          "roman": "se kóleba",
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          "word": "се ко́леба"
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          "roman": "se pokóleba",
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          "word": "få kalde føtter"
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          "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
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          "word": "mieć pietra"
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          "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
          "word": "amarelar"
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          "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
          "word": "få kalla fötter"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
          "word": "çekinmek"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
          "word": "gözü yememek"
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      "word": "臨陣退縮"
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      "roman": "línzhèntuìsuō",
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      "word": "临阵退缩"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
      "word": "få kolde fødder"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
      "word": "trække i land"
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      "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
      "word": "watervrees hebben"
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      "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
      "word": "plankenkoorts hebben"
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      "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
      "word": "jänistää"
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      "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
      "word": "kalte Füße bekommen"
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      "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
      "word": "לקבל רגלים קרות"
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      "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
      "word": "inába száll a bátorsága"
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      "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
      "word": "visszariad"
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      "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
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      "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
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      "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
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      "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
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      "roman": "se popíšmani",
      "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
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      "word": "се попи́шмани"
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      "roman": "se ispíšmani",
      "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
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      "word": "få kalde føtter"
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      "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
      "word": "amarelar"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
      "word": "få kalla fötter"
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to develop cold feet (nervousness about going through with something)",
      "word": "çekinmek"
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