freeze out

verb

froze out; frozen out; freezing out; freezes out
freeze-out noun

Examples of freeze out in a Sentence

a housing market that effectively freezes out people of moderate means
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The 27-year-old winger was frozen out of the City squad last season after losing her starting place following a breakdown in her relationship with manager Gareth Taylor. Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 23 July 2025 The pond was frozen out about 30 feet from the banks. H. R. Temple, Outdoor Life, 16 July 2025 Actions speak louder than words, however, and at the Club World Cup, Rodrygo was frozen out in favour of attackers such as Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Jr. and Gonzalo Garcia. Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025 But Trump and his allies are suing media companies over coverage, freezing out AP from covering him inside the Oval Office or Air Force One, and suspending subscriptions to many publications. Jim Vandehei, Axios, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for freeze out

Word History

First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of freeze out was in 1861

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“Freeze out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freeze%20out. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

Legal Definition

freezeout

1 of 2 noun
freeze·​out
ˈfrēz-ˌau̇t
: a corporate action (as a merger) taken by those in control of the corporation (as controlling shareholders or the board of directors) for the purpose of causing the minority shareholders to lose their equity in the corporation (as by the sale of their shares) compare squeezeout

freeze out

2 of 2 transitive verb
: to subject to a freezeout
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