"cut someone dead" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: cuts someone dead [present, singular, third-person], cutting someone dead [participle, present], cut someone dead [participle, past], cut someone dead [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|cut<,,cut> someone dead}} cut someone dead (third-person singular simple present cuts someone dead, present participle cutting someone dead, simple past and past participle cut someone dead)
  1. To completely ignore someone. Synonyms: cut someone cold, snub, ignore, shun, give someone the cold shoulder, cold-shoulder, turn one's back on, look right through, send to Coventry, give someone the brush-off

Inflected forms

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