- turn the cold shoulder
- send an unfriendly signal, distance oneself
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
turn the cold shoulder
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give the cold shoulder — [v] snub act cool*, brush off*, disregard, eject, ignore, make unwelcome, neglect, ostracize, shun, turn up one’s nose*, upstage; concept 30 … New thesaurus
To turn a cold shoulder to — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
give you the cold shoulder — be unfriendly toward you, turn away from you, stand away If you forget her birthday she ll give you the cold shoulder … English idioms
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 cold shoulder or turn a cold shoulder to or get the cold shoulder . * /When Bob asked Mary for a… … Dictionary of American idioms
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 cold shoulder or turn a cold shoulder to or get the cold shoulder . * /When Bob asked Mary for a… … Dictionary of American idioms
cold\ shoulder — noun 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 cold shoulder or turn a cold shoulder to or get the cold shoulder . When Bob asked Mary for a date she… … Словарь американских идиом
cold shoulder — Synonyms and related words: blink, brush off, carefully ignore, cut, cut a corner, cut corners, cut direct, dismissal, disregard, dodge, fudge, high hat, humiliation, not receive, ostracize, pass over, pass over lightly, rebuff, refusal, repulse … Moby Thesaurus
To turn the back — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To turn the back on — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To turn the back upon — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
