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• give someone the cold shoulder — give (someone) the cold shoulder to behave towards someone in a way that is not at all friendly, sometimes for reasons that this person does not understand. What have I done to him? He gave me the cold shoulder the whole evening at the party …   New idioms dictionary

• give somebody the cold shoulder — give sb the cold ˈshoulder idiom (informal) to treat sb in an unfriendly way see also ↑cold shoulder Main entry: ↑coldidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• give you the cold shoulder — be unfriendly toward you, turn away from you, stand away    If you forget her birthday she ll give you the cold shoulder …   English idioms

• To give one the cold shoulder — Cold Cold (k[=o]ld), a. [Compar. {Colder} ( [ e]r); superl. {Coldest}.] [OE. cold, cald, AS. cald, ceald; akin to OS. kald, D. koud, G. kalt, Icel. kaldr, Dan. kold, Sw. kall, Goth. kalds, L. gelu frost, gelare to freeze. Orig. p. p. of AS. calan …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• give someone the cold shoulder — give (someone/something) the cold shoulder to show no interest in someone or something. Our town council has given the cold shoulder to a proposal to build a public swimming pool. I d love to know why Bill gave the cold shoulder to Janice …   New idioms dictionary

• give something the cold shoulder — give (someone/something) the cold shoulder to show no interest in someone or something. Our town council has given the cold shoulder to a proposal to build a public swimming pool. I d love to know why Bill gave the cold shoulder to Janice …   New idioms dictionary

• give someone the cold shoulder — SNUB, shun, cold shoulder, ignore, cut (dead), rebuff, spurn, ostracize; informal give someone the brush off, freeze out; Brit. informal send to Coventry; N. Amer. informal …   Useful english dictionary

• give smb the cold shoulder — be unfriendly to someone He gave her the cold shoulder at the party …   Idioms and examples

• give somebody the cold shoulder — verb To snub, resist or reject somebody; to regard somebody distantly. I must have made him angry with my comment. He’s been giving me the cold shoulder ever since I said it …   Wiktionary

• give the cold shoulder — give (someone) the cold shoulder to behave towards someone in a way that is not at all friendly, sometimes for reasons that this person does not understand. What have I done to him? He gave me the cold shoulder the whole evening at the party …   New idioms dictionary

• give the cold shoulder — give (someone/something) the cold shoulder to show no interest in someone or something. Our town council has given the cold shoulder to a proposal to build a public swimming pool. I d love to know why Bill gave the cold shoulder to Janice …   New idioms dictionary