cut someone dead

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cut someone dead

verb cuts someone dead · cutting someone dead · cut someone dead

  1. idiomatic, slang To completely ignore someone.

    Similar: cut someone cold, snub, ignore, shun, give someone the cold shoulder, cold-shoulder, turn one's back on, look right through, send to Coventry, give someone the brush-off

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@misc{cut_someone_dead_2026,
  title = {cut someone dead},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cut%20someone%20dead},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}