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shake in one's shoes

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[shake in one's shoes] or [shake in one's boots] {v. phr.}, {informal}

To be very much afraid.

* /The robber shook in his boots when the police knocked on his door./

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	fear ⁷ {informal} ¹⁴⁰¹ {v. phr.} ²¹⁸³

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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