freeze out

See also: freezeout and freeze-out

English

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Verb

freeze out (third-person singular simple present freezes out, present participle freezing out, simple past froze out, past participle frozen out)

1. (idiomatic) To snub or ice out; to forcibly remove or exclude.

   The first step in freezing out competitors is to create a superior product.

   After finding out her horrible secret, the son froze his mother out of his life.

   • R. F. Foster

     It is sometimes a long time before a player who is frozen out can get into a game again.

Related terms

• frostiness
• frosty

 

See also

• ice out