Getting cold feet on the doctor's first scan (8)
I believe the answer is:
dreading
'getting' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are present participle verbs, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'cold feet on the doctor's first scan' is the wordplay.
'cold feet' becomes 'ing' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the doctor's first' becomes 'd' (ist letter of 'doctor').
'scan' becomes 'read' (synonyms).
'd'+'read'='dread'
'ing' put after 'dread' is 'DREADING'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dreading that I've seen before include "anxious about" , "Certainly not looking forward to" , "Looking ahead with apprehension" , "Being terribly afraid of something to come" , "Feeling apprehensive" .)