freezes out
Gives cold shoulder
To freeze out is to exclude someone deliberately, usually through coldness or hostility rather than explicit rejection: They froze him out of the conversation.
In business, freezing out means forcing someone from a position or deal by making conditions intolerable: The majority shareholders froze out the minority investors.
- stonewallRefuse to cooperate
- ostracizeExclude from a group
- monopolizeClaim exclusive control
- alienateCause emotional distance
- shunDeliberately keep away
give the cold shoulder · blacklist · cold shoulder · ghost · turn one's back · marginalize · exclude · push aside · undercut · boycott · shut the door on · outmaneuver · sideline · detach · displace · withdraw · evade · distance