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has gloss	(noun) timidity that prevents the continuation of a course of action; "I was going to tell him but I got cold feet" cold feet
has gloss	eng: Cold feet is a term used to characterize apprehension or doubt strong enough to prevent a planned course of action. It is used to show when someone has lost the courage to do something. The Oxford English Dictionary attributes the first use of the term "cold feet" to mean "preventing a planned course" to Stephen Crane. In his 1896 edition of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, Crane wrote, "I knew this was the way it would be. They got cold feet."
lexicalization	eng: cold feet
subclass of	(noun) fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions timidity, timidness, timorousness

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