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We found 2 dictionaries that define the word have one's heart in one's boots:

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  1. have one's heart in one's boots, have one's heart in one's boots: Collins English Dictionary
  2. have one's heart in one's boots: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (have one's heart in one's boots)

verb:  (UK, informal) To feel very sad.
verb:  (informal) To feel very afraid; to be terrified or in dread.


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