freeze out
Give cold shoulder
Freeze out means to exclude someone through cold or hostile treatment.
You might freeze out a colleague by ignoring them in meetings, or freeze out a competitor by denying them access to resources.
In poker, a freeze-out tournament eliminates players until one remains.
They tried to freeze her out of the deal.
He got frozen out of the conversation.
Exclude from a group
- shunDeliberately keep away
- snubDeliberate dismissive rejection
- blackballExclude by negative vote
- sidelineSecondary business pursuit
marginalize · cold-shoulder · shut out · ice out · stonewall · give cold shoulder · silent treatment · ignore
Remove by compressing
- edge outNarrowly surpass another
- force outCompel to leave
- buy outPurchase controlling interest
- undercutSell cheaper than rivals
outmaneuver · hostile takeover · competition · acquire · muscle out · push aside · takeover · corporate raid
ostracize
Exclude from a group
sideline · marginalize · cold-shoulder · shut out · ice out · stonewall · give cold shoulder · silent treatment · ignore · rebuff
squeeze out
Remove by compressing
undercut · outmaneuver · hostile takeover · competition · acquire · muscle out · push aside · takeover · corporate raid · price out
reject
Dismiss as unsuitable
spurn · refuse · deny · turn down · cast aside · disown · abandon · forsake · desert · jilt
- temperature idiomscold shoulder, hot head, in hot water, cold feet, hot under the collar
- exclusionsexclude, exclusion, excluding, except, exception
- blockingblock, barrier, barricade, blockade, obstruction
- Cold Expressionsbitter cold, bone-chilling, cold snap, cold spell, frigid
- rejectionrejection, reject, denial, refuse, refusal
- unfriendlinessunfriendliness, coldness, hostility, rudeness, aloofness