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cold-shoulder

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cold-shoulder
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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7) Bishop Henry had been waging a cold-shoulder campaign against the Calgary Herald by refusing to speak to us so long as journalists from our newsroom were on strike.
29, Parachini said he has approached the Police Protective League about the proposal, but has so far received a cold-shoulder which he attributes to "traditional estrangement between our two organizations.
Unfortunately for some, however, cold-shoulder treatment and a lack of chemistry are more apt descriptions of this rapport.
 
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