give a cold shoulder

See: COLD SHOULDER.

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cold shoulder

[cold shoulder] {n.}, {informal} Unfriendly treatment of a person, a showing of dislike for a person or of looking down on a person. - Used in the cliches "give the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

cold-shoulder

[cold-shoulder] {v.}, {informal} To act towards a person with dislike or scorn; be unfriendly to. * /Fred cold-shouldered his old friend when they passed on the street./ * /It is […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

shoulder

[shoulder] See: [CHIP ON ONE'S SHOULDER], [COLD SHOULDER], [GOOD HEAD ON ONE'S SHOULDERS], [HEAD AND SHOULDERS], [PUT ONE'S SHOULDER TO THE WHEEL], [ON ONE'S SHOULDERS], [RUB ELBOWS] or [RUB SHOULDERS], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

shoulder to shoulder

[shoulder to shoulder] {adv. phr.} 1. One beside the other; together. * /The three boys were shoulder to shoulder all during the working hours./ Compare: [SIDE BY SIDE]. 2. Each […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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