to cut sb dead

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• cut someone dead — phrase to pretend not to see or recognize someone that you know, or to refuse to talk to them I shouted hello but she cut me dead. Thesaurus: to insult or offend someonesynonym to fail or refuse to communicate with someonesynonym Main entry: cut… …   Useful english dictionary

• cut someone dead — cut (someone) dead to ignore someone when you see them or when they speak to you because you are angry with them or do not like them. I asked her about it in the meeting and she just cut me dead …   New idioms dictionary

• cut somebody dead — cut sb ˈdead idiom (BrE) to pretend not to have seen sb; to refuse to say hello to sb • She saw me, recognized me and cut me dead. Main entry: ↑deadidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• cut someone dead — to pretend not to see or recognize someone that you know, or to refuse to talk to them I shouted hello but she cut me dead …   English dictionary

• cut someone dead — completely ignore someone. → cut …   English new terms dictionary

• Dead drop — spike A dead drop or dead letter box is a method of espionage tradecraft used to pass items between two individuals by using a secret location and thus does not require them to meet directly. Using a dead drop permits a Case Officer and his Agent …   Wikipedia

• cut dead — To refuse to recognize or acknowledge (another person) • • • Main Entry: ↑cut * * * cut (someone) dead : to pretend not to see (someone you know) : to deliberately ignore (someone) When I saw her on the street yesterday, she cut me dead …   Useful english dictionary

• cut — adjective make or design (a garment) in a particular way: → cut cut verb (cutting; past and past participle cut) 1》 make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp tool or object. 2》 remove (something) from something larger by… …   English new terms dictionary

• cut dead — cut (someone) dead to ignore someone when you see them or when they speak to you because you are angry with them or do not like them. I asked her about it in the meeting and she just cut me dead …   New idioms dictionary

• cut — vb Cut, hew, chop, carve, slit, slash mean to penetrate and divide something with a sharp bladed tool or instrument (as a knife, ax, or sword). Cut is by far the most comprehensive term, for it is not only interchangeable with any other word in… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• cut — cut1 W1S1 [kʌt] v past tense and past participle cut present participle cutting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(reduce)¦ 2¦(divide something with a knife, scissors etc)¦ 3¦(make something shorter with a knife etc)¦ 4¦(remove parts from film etc)¦ 5¦(make a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English