(one's) blood runs cold

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(one's) blood runs cold

One becomes seized by an acute and intense sensation of fear, panic, horror, or dread. My blood ran cold when I overheard that a police officer had been asking about me at work. Janet could feel her blood run cold when the murderer she was testifying against walked into the courtroom.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Glaucus	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Bernard	bər-NAHRD (English), BUR-nərd (English), ber-NAHR (French), BER-nahrt (Polish, Croatian)	English, French, Dutch, Polish, Croatian, Slovene, Czech, Ancient Germanic
Whitney	['hwitni]
Beowulf	BAY-ə-woolf (English)	Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Brechtje	-	Dutch
Alsop	['allsɔp]