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cold shoulder
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1.
British
American
general
informal
neutral
Deliberate or sustained display of indifference, disregard, or disdain toward someone; a snubbing or unfriendly reception.
2.
British
American
general
informal
neutral
To treat someone with deliberate unfriendliness or to ignore them as a form of social rebuke (as in the phrase 'to give someone the cold shoulder').
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