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freeze someone out
phrasal verb with freezeverbuk /friːz/ us /friːz/froze | frozen
to make someone feel that they are not part of a group by being unfriendly towards that person, or to stop someone from being included in an arrangement or activity: 排挤，排斥
be frozen out ofI felt I was being frozen out of the discussions.
be frozen out fromAfter he raised his concerns with his boss, he found that he was frozen out from important meetings.
He believed that organizations like theirs were being frozen out.他认为他们那一类的组织被排除在外了。
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freeze out someone | American Dictionary
freeze out someone
phrasal verb with freezeverb[ I/T ]us/friz/past tensefrozeus/froʊz/ | past participlefrozenus/ˈfroʊ·zən/
infml
to intentionally prevent someone from being involved in an activity:
They tried to freeze me out of the bonus money.
freeze sb out | Business English
freeze sb out
phrasal verb with freezeverbuk /friːz/usfroze | frozen
to stop a person or organization from being included in a particular activity or arrangement:
Critics accused the company of lowering their prices below market value to freeze out the competition.
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