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gives someone the cold shoulder

gives someone the cold shoulder is the third-person singular simple present indicative of give someone the cold shoulder.

Meaning of give someone the cold shoulder

Verb

give someone the cold shoulder (third-person singular simple present gives someone the cold shoulder, present participle giving someone the cold shoulder, simple past gave someone the cold shoulder, past participle given someone the cold shoulder)

  1. (idiomatic) To snub, resist or reject somebody; to regard somebody distantly.
    • I must have made him angry with my comment. He’s been giving me the cold shoulder ever since I said it.

Questions about gives someone the cold shoulder

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Gives someone the cold shoulder is the third-person singular simple present indicative of give someone the cold shoulder.

Words near gives someone the cold shoulder in the dictionary

  1. gives someone the bag
  2. gives someone the boot
  3. gives someone the brush-off
  4. gives someone the business
  5. gives someone the chair
  6. gives someone the cold shoulder
  7. gives someone the creeps
  8. gives someone the eye
  9. gives someone the gears
  10. gives someone the heave-ho
  11. gives someone the old heave-ho

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