ice out
Shun someone completely
Ice out means to deliberately exclude or ignore someone, treating them as if they don't exist: After the argument, her coworkers iced her out of meetings.
The metaphor suggests coldness—the social freeze of being shut out.
In a different sense, ice out describes covering something completely with diamonds or jewelry: He iced out his watch with diamonds.
Romantic relationship's termination
- meltChange from solid
- spring thawWarming that melts winter's ice
- open waterUnobstructed body navigable freely
- meltwaterWater from melted ice
warming · defrost · seasonal change · crack · shift · floe · drift · clear
Deliberately keep away
- ostracizeExclude from a group
- snubDeliberate dismissive rejection
- cold shoulderIntentional dismissive treatment
- ignoreRefuse to notice
reject · blackball · blacklist · marginalize · alienate · ghost · stonewall · silent treatment
breakup
Romantic relationship's termination
- meltChange from solid
- spring thawWarming that melts winter's ice
- open waterUnobstructed body navigable freely
meltwater · warming · defrost · seasonal change · crack · shift · floe · drift · clear · runoff
shun
Deliberately keep away
- ostracizeExclude from a group
- snubDeliberate dismissive rejection
- cold shoulderIntentional dismissive treatment
ignore · reject · blackball · blacklist · marginalize · alienate · ghost · stonewall · silent treatment · exclude
- iceiceberg, floe, skating rink, rink, polar cap
- lake phenomenaalgae bloom, turnover, stratification, lake effect snow, seiche
- spring awakeningfirst bloom, green up, greening, emergence, bloom
- spring thawsnowmelt, thaw, meltwater, icicles, slush
- lake hydrologylake levels, lake depth, lake bed, water level, thermocline
- dismissingbrush aside, brush off, wave off, shrug off, blow off
ice outwarm up to
Gradually become fond of
cozy up to · embrace · befriend · dote on · fawn over