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Idioms and Phrases
Excluded from benefits given to others, neglected, as in Her stand on abortion left her out in the cold with the party . This idiom alludes to being left outdoors without shelter. [Mid-1800s] Also see come in from the cold .Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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