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cold-shoulder

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cold shoulder

–noun
a show of deliberate indifference or disregard.

Origin:
1810–20

cold-shoul⋅der

[kohld-shohl-der]
–verb (used with object)
to snub; show indifference to.

Origin:
1810–20
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cold shoulder

To “give someone the cold shoulder” is to ignore someone deliberately: “At the party, Carl tried to talk to Suzanne, but she gave him the cold shoulder.”

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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