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send someone to Coventry
idiomUKold-fashioned
If a group of people sends someone to Coventry, they refuse to speak to that person, usually as a punishment for having done something to upset the group:
When she returned home her mother and father sent her to Coventry.
I was used to being sent to Coventry at school and not having any friends.
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send someone to Coventry
idiomUKold-fashioned
If a group of people send someone to Coventry, they refuse to speak to that person, usually as a punishment for having done something to upset the group.（通常作为惩罚）不理睬（某人），不搭理（某人）
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