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Left Cold Christina Told Party Hut Exclude Place

Idiom Left Out in the Cold
Example Christina told everyone else about the party, hut she left me out in the cold.
Meaning to not tell someone something; to exclude someone from a place or activity
Origin If someone locked the door and left you outside on a cold night, you would feel excluded and ignored. When this expression first became popular, it meant exactly that: literally being left outside in cold weather.

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