"cast a chill" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: casts a chill [present, singular, third-person], casting a chill [participle, present], cast a chill [participle, past], cast a chill [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|cast<,,cast> a chill}} cast a chill (third-person singular simple present casts a chill, present participle casting a chill, simple past and past participle cast a chill)
  1. (idiomatic) To provoke an uneasy feeling which stops a conversation, as by an uncalled act or word. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: send chills Translations (provoke an uneasy feeling): aiheuttaa kylmät väreet (Finnish), jeter un froid (French), mrozić [imperfective] (Polish), zmrozić [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-cast_a_chill-en-verb-WY9pWGcU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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