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the silent treatment
idiom
the act of not speaking to someone, or speaking to them very little, because you are angry or upset about something they have done:
The man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment.
Rude behaviour that people report receiving from their colleagues includes getting the silent treatment and being cut off in a conversation.
Put your critics in their place with the silent treatment.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Neglecting and ignoring
aside
beneath the/someone's radaridiom
block something out
brush someone/something off
bury/have your head in the sandidiom
ear
lay
let sleeping dogs lieidiom
let something rideidiom
look straight/right through someoneidiom
lose the dressing roomidiom
lost
nose
slightingly
snub
someone's back is turnedidiom
step
step on someone
stiff-arm
wink
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