"Have planned" or "had planned"?
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"Have planned" or "had planned"?
get/have cold feet
= to suddenly become nervous about doing something that you had planned to do (https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cold_1#cold_idmg_2)
= to suddenly feel nervous about doing something that you have planned or agreed to do (https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/have-get-cold-feet?q=cold+feet)
Have or had planned?
In my opinion, have planned is a better choice because the past perfect is used to express an activity that was completed before another activity or time in the past (i.e. at least two past actions). @ccrouch1996 please enlighten me, thank you.