to freeze out

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.To congeal; to harden into ice; to convert from a fluid to a solid form by cold, or abstraction of heat. [1913 Webster]

2.To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill. [1913 Webster]

A faint, cold fear runs through my veins, That almost freezes up the heat of life.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

To freeze out, to drive out or exclude by cold or by cold treatment; to force to withdraw; as, to be frozen out of one's room in winter; to freeze out a competitor. [Colloq.]

A railroad which had a London connection must not be allowed to freeze out one that had no such connection.— A. T. Hadley.

It is sometimes a long time before a player who is frozen out can get into a game again.— R. F. Foster.[Webster 1913 Suppl.]