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cutting someone cold

cutting someone cold is the present participle and gerund of cut someone cold.

Meaning of cut someone cold

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.

Questions about cutting someone cold

What is cutting someone cold the present participle and gerund of?
Cutting someone cold is the present participle and gerund of cut someone cold.

Words near cutting someone cold in the dictionary

  1. cutting rooms
  2. cutting round
  3. cutting short
  4. cutting slingload
  5. cutting some shapes
  6. cutting someone cold
  7. cutting someone dead
  8. cutting someone loose
  9. cutting someone off at the knees
  10. cutting someone slack
  11. cutting someone some slack

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