froze out
Gave cold shoulder
To freeze someone out is to exclude them through cold treatment or deliberate neglect: They froze her out of the conversation, He was frozen out of the deal.
Froze out is the past tense.
The metaphor captures how coldness—emotional or social—pushes someone to the margins.
- stonewallRefuse to cooperate
- ostracizeExclude from a group
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- sidelineSecondary business pursuit
- pushed asideMoved out of position
blacklist · marginalize · snub · exclusion · exclude · rebuff · shut the door on · banish · shown the door · ignore · excommunicate · alienate · cold-shoulder · outmaneuver · reject · cut off · neglect · ghosted
froze outincluded
Made part of
embraced · accepted · took in · befriended · let in
froze outlet in on
Share confidential information with
cut in · brought in · involved · engaged · brought on board
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