cold-shoulder
See also: coldshoulder and cold shoulder
English
Verb
cold-shoulder (third-person singular simple present cold-shoulders, present participle cold-shouldering, simple past and past participle cold-shouldered)
- To disrespect someone, especially by ignoring them.
- 2006, Michel Faber, The Apple, Canongate Books, page 23:
- If the peculiar Mr Heaton had first accosted her yesterday instead of six weeks ago, she would have cold-shouldered him without hesitation.
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