Definition of “not give someone the time of day” - English Dictionary

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“not give someone the time of day” in American English

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not give someone the time of day

› to not be friendly to someone and not speak to or help that person:

He kept pestering me to go out with him, but I wouldn’t give him the time of day.

(Definition of “not give someone the time of day” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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