Definitions

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  • noun physics Any situation in which the motion of a system of particles ceases
  • noun business A kind of merger by which one or more shareholders who collectively hold a majority of shares in a corporation gain ownership of remaining shares in that corporation.

Etymologies

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freeze +‎ out

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Examples

  • Not surprisingly, the first name out of his mouth was that of Isiah Lord Thomas, seated in the first few rows and the instigator of what Jordan referred to as "the so-called freezeout" at the 1985 All-Star Game.

    Sports News : CBSSports.com 2009

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  • The event on September 14th will be a $20+$0 No-Limit Hold'em freezeout tournament at 9:30pm

    WIL WHEATON dot NET: 1.5: August 2005 Archives 2005

  • The event on September 12th will be a $5+$0 No-Limit Hold'em freezeout at 9:30pm.

    WIL WHEATON dot NET: 1.5: August 2005 Archives 2005

  • It was a freezeout, with the top three finishers taking home money.

    WIL WHEATON dot NET: 1.5: February 2004 Archives 2004

  • When U.S. public opinion reaches that point, and when the actual freezeout, the administration had very little success in the last, we are told, maybe 36 hours of getting any response out of the Chinese at all.

    CNN Transcript Apr 10, 2001 2001

  • Mr. Smith turned his head and looked at the divide for half a second and then said he had crossed a worse one up north back of the Wahnipitae and that the flies were Hades, -- and then went on playing freezeout poker with the two juniors in Duff's bank.

    Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town Stephen Leacock 1906

  • Boylepoker. com International Poker Open is a no-limit hold'em freezeout taking place from

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The UKIPT is a tour that has aimed to hit that middle ground so often missed; players that want more than a £50 freezeout but don't necessarily want to stump up the €5,000 buy-in for an EPT event, and by the looks of today it's hit the target slap bang in the middle of the bulls eye.

    PokerStars Poker Blog Rick Dacey 2010

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