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Coventry Idiom Means Ostracised Behaviour Takes Form Pretending

Phrase/Idiom sent to Coventry
Definition This idiom means to be ignored or ostracised. This behaviour often takes the form of pretending that the shunned person, although conspicuously present, can’t be seen or heard.
Example They sent the little boy to Coventry.

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