'To freeze out' definitions:
Definition of 'To freeze out'
From: GCIDE
- Freeze \Freeze\, v. t.
- 1. To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill. [1913 Webster]
- A faint, cold fear runs through my veins, That almost freezes up the heat of life. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To freeze out, to drive out or exclude by cold or by cold treatment; to force to withdraw; as, to be frozen out of one's room in winter; to freeze out a competitor. [Colloq.]
- A railroad which had a London connection must not be allowed to freeze out one that had no such connection. --A. T. Hadley.
- It is sometimes a long time before a player who is frozen out can get into a game again. --R. F. Foster. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]