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3 English Phrasal Verbs With 'FREEZE'

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3 phrasal verbs with 'FREEZE'

Freeze out

  1. Shut out or exclude by unfriendly treatment
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: They tried to FREEZE me OUT of the conversation.
  2. Force to retire or withdraw from membership, a job, etc
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: After Jim was FROZEN OUT of the case, they hired a new lawyer.

Freeze over

  1. Become covered with ice (lake, river, pond, etc)
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: The winter was very severe and the lake FROZE OVER.

Freeze up

  1. Be blocked with ice
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: The pipes all FROZE UP so no water came through.
  2. Stop working because the parts of a machine won't move
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: The gears had FROZEN UP.
  3. When a computer stops working
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: The computer FROZE UP; it showed me the blue screen of death and I couldn't reboot.
  4. Be paralysed with fear
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: WE FROZE UP when we heard the window break.

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