freezeout

or freeze-out

[ freez-out ]

/ ˈfrizˌaʊt /

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noun Poker.

a game in which each player begins with a predetermined amount of money and must withdraw from the game once that amount is lost, until one player is left with all the winnings.

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Origin of freezeout

1850–55, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase freeze out

Words nearby freezeout

freeze etching, freeze-fracture, freeze fracturing, freeze frame, freeze one's blood, freezeout, freezer, freezer burn, freeze-up, freezing, freezing drizzle

How to use freezeout in a sentence

But the idea of forming a larger party to ride through the wilds from Yucca to Freezeout Camp was a novel one.
Ruth Fielding In the Saddle|Alice B. Emerson
The third day the party started bright and early on the Freezeout trail.
Ruth Fielding In the Saddle|Alice B. Emerson
They tell me that there are places on the trail before we get to Freezeout so narrow that a carriage cant be used.
Ruth Fielding In the Saddle|Alice B. Emerson
Ruth had so many ideas in her head for scenes at the mining camp that she was anxious to get over the trail and reach Freezeout.
Ruth Fielding In the Saddle|Alice B. Emerson

Just wait till our trunks get to that Freezeout place, along with your movie people, Ruth, said Jennie.
Ruth Fielding In the Saddle|Alice B. Emerson

British Dictionary definitions for freezeout

freeze out

verb

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with freezeout

freeze out

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]