thaw out
Let ice melt
Thaw out means to warm up after being frozen or very cold.
Ice thaws out in the sun; a person thaws out by the fire after shoveling snow.
The phrase often implies a gradual process: Leave the turkey to thaw out overnight.
Figuratively, someone who thaws out becomes friendlier after initial coldness or reserve.
- unfreezeRemove a restriction
- defrostRemove ice accumulation
- unthawReturn to liquid
- frozen solidEntirely turned to ice
- ice coldExtremely chilled, near freezing
warm up · melt · mend fences · bury the hatchet · de-ice · reconcile · loosen up · get comfortable · connect · liquefy · break the ice · relax · open up · reheat · bond · soften · cook · come around
- temperature idiomscold shoulder, hot head, in hot water, cold feet, hot under the collar
- Weather Idiomsunder the weather, when it rains it pours, come rain or shine, rain check, take a rain check
thaw outfreeze
Become solid from cold
freeze up · ice over · ice up · freeze over · chill
thaw outfreeze up
Become immobile from anxiety
freeze out · clam up · shut down · close off · give the cold shoulder
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