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freeze sb out
[ M ]
to make someone feel that they are not part of a group by being unfriendly towards them, or to stop someone from being included in an arrangement or activity
• I felt I was being frozen out of/from the discussions.
• He believed that organizations like theirs were being frozen out.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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noun period of weather with a temperature below 0° ADJ. big The weather report advised us to prepare for a big freeze. putting a particular level on sth ADJ. immediate | complete, total a total freeze on gas emissions | virtual | pay, price, wage VERB + FREEZE bring in, impose The government has imposed a price freeze on petrol. | announce, declare | lift It's too expensive to lift the freeze on pay. PREP. ~ on a freeze on bus fares, verb become ice/extremely cold ADV. solid The pond had frozen solid. | over, up The lake has frozen over. The pipes have frozen up. PHRASES freeze to death Hundreds of homeless people could freeze to death this winter. preserve food ADV. well Many vegetables freeze very well. stop moving ADV. suddenly | for a moment/second, momentarily His smile froze for a moment. VERB + FREEZE seem to Suddenly, Ronny seemed to freeze. PREP. in/with She froze with horror when she saw the body. | into Maggie's face had frozen into a cold mask. PHRASES freeze to the spot He was so surprised he froze to the spot. wages/prices ADV. effectively Wages were effectively frozen for six months. PREP. at Prices have been frozen at this level for over a year now.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary