Get cold feet

//ˌɡɛt ˈkəʊld fiːt//

"Get cold feet" in a Sentence (1 examples)

As we accelerate after leaving Didcot, we pass a lot of masts erected for wires that have not yet materialised - and probably won't for years to come. That's because halfway through the Great Western Electrification Programme, ministers suddenly got cold feet as the cost escalated.

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