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