cold shoulder
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cold shoulder
noun
cold shoulder
noun
Learner's definition of COLD SHOULDER
the cold shoulder
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cold and unfriendly treatment from someone who knows you
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He got the cold shoulder from his former boss when he saw him at a restaurant.
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Most of the other professors gave him the cold shoulder.
— cold–shoulder
verb cold–shoulders; cold–shouldered; cold–shouldering [+ object]-
He was cold-shouldered by his former boss.
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