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to ignore someone; to give someone a cool reception. (See also the cold shoulder.) The hostess cold-shouldered me, so I spilt my appetizers in the swimming pool. Tiffany cold-shouldered the guy who was trying to flirt with her.
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(verb) to be unfriendly to someone on purpose Example Sentences: Wife: Why do you always give my mother the cold shoulder when she comes to visit ... Wife: Why do you always give my mother the cold shoulder when she comes to visit us? Husband: Because she always criticizes me!
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Dear Word Detective: On a BBC cookery program I recently heard a story of how the expression "to give someone the cold shoulder" came about. They implied that when guests had outstayed their welcome, they would be served cold shoulder of mutton.
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o Cold shoulder: When we give someone a cold shoulder, we are passing a subtle message that he or she is not welcome. In the Middle Ages, guests were welcomed with a heavy meal featuring a hot joint of roast mutton.
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if you have to put effort into giving him the cold shoulder then that's the same as showing him attention because you're focused on him. Don't do that. Try as hard as you can to pretend that he's just like some other guy in your class that ...
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The long arm of somebody or something: Power or influence of somebody or something ... To give someone the cold shoulder: To deliberately treat someone in an unfriendly manner. ... - Although she was the hostess, she gave me the cold shoulder at the party.
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To give someone the cold shoulder - Meaning and translation for this idiom or saying. ... Welcome to the Idiom Dictionary ... To give someone a cold shoulder Rusty, June 29, 2009...
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cold shoulder Informal ... give someone the cold shoulder to snub someone ... cold shoulder - a refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional"
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