feel a draft
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slang To perceive that one is being snubbed, rejected, or made to feel unwelcome, often due to being the target of racism. I left the party early because I felt a draft in there and didn't really want to stick around.
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feel a draft
to sense that one is being rejected; to sense that someone is cool toward one, possibly for racial reasons. Oh, man, I feel a draft in here. Let's leave. What a reception! I sure felt a draft.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
feel a draft
tv. to sense that one is being rejected; to sense that someone is cool toward one, possibly for racial reasons. Oh, man, I feel a draft in here. Let’s leave.
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