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cut someone cold

cut someone cold verb: to ignore someone insultingly or slightingly.

Verb

cut someone cold (third-person singular simple present cuts someone cold, present participle cutting someone cold, simple past and past participle cut someone cold)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To ignore someone insultingly or slightingly.

Synonyms of cut someone cold

Forms of cut someone cold

third-person singular presentcuts someone cold
present participlecutting someone cold
past participlecut someone cold
pastcut someone cold

Questions about cut someone cold

What does cut someone cold mean?
Cut someone cold means to ignore someone insultingly or slightingly.
What part of speech is cut someone cold?
Cut someone cold is a verb.
What is the past tense of cut someone cold?
The past tense of cut someone cold is cut someone cold.

Words near cut someone cold in the dictionary

  1. cut signature
  2. cut signatures
  3. cut sigs
  4. cut slingload
  5. cut some shapes
  6. cut someone cold
  7. cut someone dead
  8. cut someone loose
  9. cut someone off at the knees
  10. cut someone slack
  11. cut someone some slack

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