CoventryCov‧en‧try /ˈkɒvəntri, ˈkʌv- $ ˈkʌv-, ˈkɑːv-/ 
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ThesaurusLongman Language Activatorto rudely pretend not to notice someone► ignore
Phrases · Don't ignore me when I'm talking to you!· Now that she had lost all her wealth, she was ignored by former friends.totally/completely ignore somebody · The waiter totally ignored Glen and served a girl who had come up beside him.
► pretend not to notice/see · Henry waved but Martha pretended not to notice.· If people think you're a beggar, they pretend not to see you.
► look right through to pretend not to notice someone that you know, even though you are looking directly at them: · I saw Carrie yesterday, but when I smiled at her she just looked right through me.· In the lift at work, the doctors looked right through you as if you didn't exist.
► snub to ignore someone deliberately, in order to show that you are angry with them or that you have no respect for them: · I couldn't believe Simon had snubbed me at the party.· The senator was furious. "How would you feel if you'd been snubbed by the wife of your president?''snub somebody's invitation/request etc: · They snubbed his invitation to a meeting of foreign ministers at the UN in New York.
► cut somebody dead to completely ignore someone when you see them, especially because you are angry with them: · I saw Josie today - she must still be angry with me because she cut me dead.· Where he used to cut them dead, he now helps them on with their coats.
► blank informal if someone blanks you, they pretend not to notice you even though your eyes are facing theirs: · I said hello to her in the street, but she just blanked me and carried on walking.
► send somebody to Coventry British if a group of people send someone to Coventry , they all agree they will not talk to that person as a punishment: · Unfairly sent to Coventry for two weeks, Hannah decided to run away from school.
when people who have argued do not talk to each other► not be talking/speaking · "Have you seen Tim lately?" "No, we're not talking at the moment."· When Claire and Andy aren't speaking, she usually calls me up to complain.
► not be on speaking terms if two people are not on speaking terms , their relationship has become so unfriendly that they refuse to talk to each other: · She wasn't on speaking terms with Rachel for several weeks afterwards.· By the end of the year, the two old friends were no longer on speaking terms.
► send somebody to Coventry British if a group of people send someone to Coventry , they refuse to talk to that person as a way of punishing them for something: · I don't know why they won't talk to me. I didn't know I'd been sent to Coventry.· When he refused to join the strike, Joe's mates sent him to Coventry for three weeks.
► the silent treatment when one person does not talk to another person, usually to show that they are angry: · My sister tried the silent treatment on me, but I just ignored her.give somebody the silent treatment: · On the ride home, Vance's father gave him the silent treatment.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► send somebody to Coventry
1an industrial city in central England2send somebody to Coventry British English to refuse to speak to someone in order to punish them, show disapproval etc- I don't know why they won't talk to me. I didn't know I'd been sent to Coventry.
- Unfairly sent to Coventry for two weeks, Hannah decided to run away from school.
- When he refused to join the strike, Joe's mates sent him to Coventry for three weeks.