freeze out

• Verbo frasal que significa excluir alguém deliberadamente de um grupo, atividade ou processo de decisão, muitas vezes ignorando a pessoa ou fazendo-a sentir-se indesejada.

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.

incontável · verbo irregular · transitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Exclude deliberatelyinformal

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

   Excluir deliberadamente

   • 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.

   Sinônimosblackballcold-shouldercut offexcludeostracizeshunsnub

   Antônimosacceptincludewelcome

2. Force out of businessinformal

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

   Excluir do mercado

   • 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.

   Sinônimosdrive outforce outoustshut outsqueeze out

Verbo basefreeze