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cold shoulder

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cold shoulder
n. Informal
Deliberate coldness or disregard; a slight or a snub: received the cold shoulder from several members of the club.

cold shoulder Informal
n
(often preceded by the) a show of indifference; a slight
vb cold-shoulder (tr)
to treat with indifference
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cold shouldercold shoulder - a refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional"
rebuff, slight - a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)


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He had an uneasy feeling that Lawson, after helping him, would turn the cold shoulder on him.
Casaubon has devilish good reasons, you may be sure, for turning the cold shoulder on a young fellow whose bringing-up he paid for.
cried his brother-in-law; 'I struck Walter Hargrave when I was drunk, the second night after we came, and he's turned a cold shoulder on me ever since; though I asked his pardon the very morning after it was done
 
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