Give Somebody The Cold Shoulder - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 give somebody the cold shoulder From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgive somebody the cold shouldergive somebody the cold shoulderinformalIGNORE to deliberately ignore someone or be unfriendly to them, especially because they have upset or offended you → coldExamples from the Corpusgive somebody the cold shoulder• After I got the promotion, a few of my co-workers started giving me the cold shoulder.• So they have given girlfriends the cold shoulder.• She was sure that at some point she'd given some one the cold shoulder and hurt them badly without noticing.• Vernon regretted giving Harcourt the cold shoulder; he would have been some one to laugh with. Exercises Exercises

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