cut dead

cut (one) dead

To totally ignore someone, usually out of anger or displeasure. I was hoping to reconcile with Mandy today, but when I approached, she just cut me dead.
See also: cut, dead
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

cut someone dead

to ignore someone totally. Joan was just about to speak to James when he walked away and cut her dead. Jean cut her former husband dead.
See also: cut, dead
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • cut (one) dead
  • cut somebody dead
  • cut someone dead
  • bristle
  • bristle at
  • bristle at (something)
  • complain about
  • complain about (someone or something)
  • a storm in a teacup
  • a storm in a teapot
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The book: Cut Dead But Still Alive: Caring for African American Young Men
11:11 a.m.: North Cove Road, man cutting down trees in people's yards, said DPW gave him permission to cut dead wood and load it into his truck.
In a series of posts on her Twitter account on Tuesday, she wrote, "Ok phone cut dead! My facebook is soon to go, if you want me, this is the only way to reach me.
The NMC also said she had cut dead tissue from the woman's back, despite not being properly trained, as well as failing to complete a wound chart.
Clean pruners with bleach after using them to cut dead or diseased wood, before you use them on healthy canes.
Writer-producer Fran Walsh explains: "Susie carries into the film this tremendous optimism and lightness which is cut dead by Mr.
Cut dead wood in the spring and trim their side-shoots after flowering.
I even cut dead cottonwood snags and planted them nearby for the birds to light on before hopping down to water.
"We trim back the palmettos, cut dead branches, mow the grass, blow off the parking lot and do everything needed to present a clean wilderness environment for people to enter," Skiba said.
One, familiar to many shops, was the desire to cut dead machine time during changeovers.