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Freeze out phrasal verb
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Meaning: Shut out or exclude by unfriendly treatment
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Meaning: Force to retire or withdraw from membership, a job, etc
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: After Jim was FROZEN OUT of the case, they hired a new lawyer.
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Meaning: Shut out or exclude by unfriendly treatment
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Freeze over phrasal verb
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Meaning: Become covered with ice (lake, river, pond, etc)
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The winter was very severe and the lake FROZE OVER.
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Meaning: Become covered with ice (lake, river, pond, etc)
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Freeze up phrasal verb
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Meaning: Be blocked with ice
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Meaning: Stop working because the parts of a machine won't move
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» Example: The gears had FROZEN UP. -
Meaning: When a computer stops working
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» Example: The computer FROZE UP; it showed me the blue screen of death and I couldn't reboot. -
Meaning: Be paralysed with fear
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: WE FROZE UP when we heard the window break.
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Meaning: Be blocked with ice