Critics accused the company of lowering their prices below market value to freeze out the competition.
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freeze someone out — 1. tv. to make it too cold for someone, usually by opening windows or through the use of air conditioning. (See also play freeze out.) □ Turn up the heat unless you’re trying to freeze us out. CD Are you trying to freeze out everybody? Close the… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
freeze someone out — If you deliberately isolate someone or prevent them from participating in a social or business activity by treating them unfairly or harshly, you freeze them out. Pablo was treated unfairly. He was frozen out of the project by the rest of… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
freeze somebody out (of something) — ˌfreeze sbˈout (of sth) derived (informal) to be deliberately unfriendly to sb, creating difficulties, etc. in order to stop or ↑discourage them from doing sth or taking part in sth Main entry: ↑freezederived … Useful english dictionary
freeze someone out — (informal) EXCLUDE, leave out, shut out, cut out, ignore, ostracize, spurn, snub, shun, cut, cut dead, turn one s back on, cold shoulder, give someone the cold shoulder, leave out in the cold; Brit. send to Coventry; Brit. informal blank. →… … Useful english dictionary
freeze — (frēz) v. froze (frōz), fro·zen (frō’zən), freez·ing, freez·es v. intr. 1. a) To pass from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat. b) To acquire a surface or coat of ice from cold: »The lak … Word Histories
freeze out — verb change from a liquid to a solid when cold (Freq. 2) Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit • Syn: ↑freeze, ↑freeze down • Derivationally related forms: ↑freezing (for: ↑freeze … Useful english dictionary
freeze — freeze1 [fri:z] v past tense froze [frəuz US frouz] past participle frozen [ˈfrəuzən US ˈfrou ] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(liquid)¦ 2¦(food)¦ 3¦(machine/engine)¦ 4¦(weather)¦ 5¦(feel cold)¦ 6¦(wages/prices)¦ 7¦(money/property)¦ 8¦(stop moving)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
freeze — 1 verb past tense froze past participle frozen 1 LIQUID (I, T) if a liquid freezes, or something freezes it, it becomes hard and solid because the temperature is very cold: The water at the edge of the lake froze last night. | freeze sth: The… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
freeze out — PHRASAL VERB If you freeze someone out of an activity or situation, you prevent them from being involved in it by creating difficulties or by being unfriendly. [V n P of n] He has sworn that he will freeze Cuba out of the world economy. [Also V n … English dictionary
freeze — verb (past froze; past participle frozen) 1》 (with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold. ↘become or cause to become blocked or rigid with ice. 2》 be or cause to be very cold.… … English new terms dictionary
