gave cold shoulder

Main Entry:	give the cold shoulder
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	snub
Synonyms:	act cool, brush off, disregard, eject, ignore, make unwelcome, neglect, ostracize, shun, turn up one's nose, upstage

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Main Entry:	spurn
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	turn away; ignore
Synonyms:	air, contemn, cut, decline, despise, disapprove, disdain, dismiss, disregard, drop, dump, flout, flush*, give the cold shoulder, hold in contempt, look down on, nix, not hear of, pass by, rebuff, refuse, reject, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, scoff, scorn, slight, sneer, sneeze at, snub, steer clear, turn down, turn nose up at
Antonyms:	embrace, want, welcome

* = informal/non-formal usage
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