give the cold shoulder

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give somebody the cold shoulder

to behave towards someone in a way that is not at all friendly, sometimes for reasons that this person does not understand What have I done to him? He gave me the cold shoulder the whole evening at the party.

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Iceland's 228,000 voters were expected to give the cold shoulder to the conservative Independence Party that governed the country for 18 years until it resigned in January amid massive protests over the crisis that brought Iceland to the brink of bankruptcy. Polls open in Iceland's general election by AFP / AFP Global Edition It was snow difficult to pick the best of the entries, but we could not give the cold shoulder to this effort from GORDON REID, Links Green, Gosforth: "Mike, it is not snow mate, it is people ripping up their season tickets. Crazy Caption competition; Chronicle Live by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) The giveaway forms part of the Northumbria Police Freeze Out campaign which aims to give the cold shoulder to any opportunist thief over the festive season. Safe and secure by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			Give me a break! Give me a call Give me a chance! Give me a rest! Give me five! Give my best to give notice give odds that give of oneself give one freedom give oneself over to give oneself up give pause give props to give right arm give rise to give short shrift give some lip give some skin give some sugar give some thought to give static give teeth to give the benefit of the doubt give the boot give the cold shoulder give the creeps give the devil his due give the elbow give the evil eye give the eye give the finger give the game away give the gate give the glad eye give the green light give the heave ho give the heebie-jeebies give the kiss of life give the lie to give the nod give the once-over give the push give the raspberry give the rough side of tongue give the runaround give the shaft give the shirt off back give the shits give the shivers give the slip			give sworn evidence give sworn testimony give tangible form to give teeth to give terms give testimony give thanks Give Thanks (Don Moen) Give Thanks with Don Moen Give Thanks with Don Moen (album) give the axe give the benefit of the doubt give the big E give the big E give the bird give the bird give the bird give the bird give the boot give the boot give the boot give the boot give the boot give the boot give the bounce give the bride away give the bum's rush give the bum's rush give the bum's rush give the bum's rush give the cold shoulder give the creeps give the creeps give the creeps give the creeps give the creeps give the death blow give the devil her due give the devil his due give the devil his due give the devil his due give the devil his due Give the Drummer Some give the effect give the elbow give the elbow give the elbow give the elbow give the elbow give the evil eye give the eye give the eye give the eye give the eye give the eye give the facts give the finger give the finger give the finger give the finger give the flick

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