freeze out

• Verbe à particule signifiant exclure délibérément quelqu'un d'un groupe, d'une activité ou d'un processus de décision, souvent en l'ignorant ou en le mettant dans une situation de rejet.

A phrasal verb meaning to deliberately exclude someone from a group, activity, or decision-making process, often by ignoring them or making them feel unwelcome.

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Exclude deliberatelyinformal

   To deliberately exclude someone from a group, activity, or conversation, often by ignoring them or making them feel unwelcome.

   Exclure délibérément

   • The other kids tried to freeze him out of the game.
   • She felt frozen out by her colleagues after the argument.
   • They froze him out of the decision-making process.

   Synonymesblackballcold-shouldercut offexcludeostracizeshunsnub

   Antonymesacceptincludewelcome

2. Force out of businessinformal

   To force a competitor out of a market or business by unfair means, such as price manipulation.

   Évincer du marché

   • The large corporation tried to freeze out the small local shops.
   • They used aggressive pricing to freeze out their rivals.
   • The new regulations helped freeze out unethical companies.

   Synonymesdrive outforce outoustshut outsqueeze out

Verbe de basefreeze