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silent treatment
noun
an act or instance of maintaining silence or aloofness toward another person, especially as a means of indicating disapproval or rejection.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of silent treatment1
Example Sentences
He did not want to speak after Saturday's round, but he did and in so doing broke his silent treatment of the media.
"I was on probation, I didn't know this person. I thought he might make my life hard at work, that he might give me the silent treatment," she said.
As his teammates continued to give him the silent treatment, Ohtani raised his arms and waved them.
On their long car ride back from Washington, she gave him the silent treatment, talking to him only through their eldest son.
“I’m not really understanding what the silent treatment is,” Drescher said.
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