"leave someone cold" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: leaves someone cold [present, singular, third-person], leaving someone cold [participle, present], left someone cold [participle, past], left someone cold [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|leave<,,left> someone cold}} leave someone cold (third-person singular simple present leaves someone cold, present participle leaving someone cold, simple past and past participle left someone cold)
  1. To fail to impress or make an emotional connection with someone. Translations (Translations): jättää kylmäksi (Finnish), laisser de marbre (French)
    Sense id: en-leave_someone_cold-en-verb-1yuSTTTv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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