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out in the cold

  1. 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.



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I wasn’t left out in the cold for 10 years to suffer.”

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Meanwhile, it slashes home heating assistance that will literally leave people out in the cold, features an almost 30% cut in food assistance, reduces the subsidies for Obamacare and implements the largest cuts to Medicaid in its history.

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A shorter winter has literally left Nitin Goel out in the cold.

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She says she has to stay out in the cold for most of the day until she picks them up.

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But which of these films managed to pull ahead in the race and which were left out in the cold with a snub?

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