cut someone dead

English

Verb

cut someone dead (third-person singular simple present cuts someone dead, present participle cutting someone dead, simple past and past participle cut someone dead)

1. To completely ignore someone.

   where he used to cut them dead, he now helps them on with their coats

Synonyms

• cut someone cold, snub, ignore, shun, give someone the cold shoulder, cold-shoulder, turn one's back on, look right through, send to Coventry, give someone the brush-off