freeze out

British  

verb

1. informal (tr, adverb) to force out or exclude, as by unfriendly behaviour, boycotting, etc

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freeze out Idioms  

1. Shut out or exclude by unfriendly treatment; force to retire or withdraw from membership, a job, or the like. For example, They tried to freeze me out of the conversation, or After Bill was frozen out of the case, they hired a new lawyer. [Mid-1800s]

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Example Sentences

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freeze out

A 2025 study in Foods developed a modified QuEChERS method with a freeze out step and applied it to 302 retail food samples.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026

There are many ways to answer that, starting with Rhaenyra's choice to abruptly freeze out Alicent after her father announced he would marry her.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2022

As you lower the temperature, that same protein can freeze out and crystallize into a vast number of “ground states,” or configurations, each subtly different from the others.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 7, 2021

But while it has sought to mend the rift with the US, France has continued to freeze out Australia.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2021

“Come in before you freeze out there! I’ll buy you a drink!”

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

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