: apprehension or doubt strong enough to prevent a planned course of action
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The $10 billion that Cursor keeps even if the deal doesn’t happen looks, to my traditional M&A reporter brain, like the largest breakup fee on record (a smart move, given Musk’s penchant for getting cold feet).—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 23 Apr. 2026 But Borgli isn’t just delivering a biting satire on the ultimate case of cold feet.—David Sims, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026 Did OpenAI’s discontinuation of Sora force Disney out of the deal, or did Disney get cold feet first?—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 25 Mar. 2026 And Indonesia isn’t the only country getting cold feet.—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 18 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cold feet