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If you meet somebody who used to be a friend, and he pretends not to know you: “When I met him on the street he ________.”

IGNORED ME 364
HIGH-HATTED ME 129
SNUBBED ME 121
GAVE ME THE COLD SHOULDER 67
PASSED ME BY 53
HIGH-HATTED 45
IGNORED 44
PASSED ME UP 31
CUT ME 23
DIDN’T KNOW ME 22
LOOKED THE OTHER WAY 22
SHUNNED ME 18
AVOIDED ME 16
GAVE ME THE BRUSH-OFF 16
IGGED ME 16
WAS STUCK-UP 16
DIDN’T RECOGNIZE ME 14
CUT ME DEAD 11
NR 9
TURNED UP HIS NOSE 8
SNOBBED ME 7
CUT ME COLD 6
GAVE ME THE GO-BY 6
ACTED LIKE HE DIDN’T KNOW ME 5
ACTED STUCK-UP 5
BRUSHED ME OFF 5
DIDN’T SPEAK 5
GAVE ME A BRUSH-OFF 5
GAVE ME THE HIGH-HAT 5
OVERLOOKED ME 5
SNOOTED ME 5
STUCK HIS NOSE IN THE AIR 5
STUCK-UP 5
TURNED HIS HEAD 5
DIDN’T EVEN KNOW ME 4
DIDN’T SEE ME 4
SLIGHTED ME 4
STUCK UP HIS NOSE 4
TURNED HIS BACK 4
ACTED AS IF HE DIDN’T KNOW ME 3
ACTED LIKE A STRANGER 3
COLD-SHOULDERED ME 3
GAVE ME THE AIR 3
GIVE ME THE COLD SHOULDER 3
GIVE ME THE HIGH-HAT 3
IGNORE ME 3
PASSED ME 3
STUCK HIS NOSE UP 3
TURNED HIS BACK ON ME 3
TURNED HIS NOSE UP 3
WAS A SNOB 3
WAS SNOOTY 3
CROSSED THE STREET 2
DIDN’T EVEN NOTICE ME 2
DIDN’T NOTICE 2
DIDN’T NOTICE ME 2
DIDN’T SPEAK TO ME 2
DIDN’T WANT TO KNOW ME 2
DUCKED ME 2
EVADED ME 2
FORGOT ME 2
HE’D GONE HIGH-HAT 2
HIGH-BROWED ME 2
HIGH-HAT ME 2
LOOKED RIGHT THROUGH ME 2
PRETENDED HE DIDN’T KNOW ME 2
STUCK HIS NOSE UP AT ME 2
TRIED TO IGNORE ME 2
TURNED ME DOWN 2
TURNED UP HIS NOSE AT ME 2
UPSTAGED ME 2
WALKED RIGHT BY ME 2
WAS ALOOF 2
WAS SNOBBISH 2
WOULDN’T EVEN SPEAK 2
WOULDN’T SPEAK 2
ACTED AS THOUGH HE DIDN’T KNOW ME 1
ACTED HIGH AND MIGHTY 1
ACTED LIKE A SNOB 1
ACTED LIKE HE DIDN’T WANT TO SPEAK 1
ACTED LIKE HE NEVER SAW ME 1
ACTED LIKE HE’D NEVER SEEN ME 1
ACTED LIKE HE’D NEVER SEEN ME BEFORE 1
ACTED UP 1
APPEARED STUCK-UP 1
AVOID ME 1
AVOIDED ME BY GOING DOWN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET 1
BARELY SPOKE 1
BECAME SNOOTY 1
BIGGITED ME 1
BRUSH ME OFF 1
BYPASSED ME 1
CHARGED ME OFF 1
COLD 1
COLD AS KRAUTS 1
COLD-SHOULDER 1
COMPLETELY IGNORED ME 1
COULDN’T LOOK ME IN THE EYE 1
COULDN’T SEE ME FOR DIRT 1
CUT DIRECT 1
CUT ME DOWN 1
DIDN’T BAT AN EYELASH 1
DIDN’T EVEN LOOK AT ME 1
DIDN’T EVEN RECOGNIZE ME 1
DIDN’T EVEN SPEAK 1
DIDN’T LOOK AT ME 1
DIDN’T SEEM FRIENDLY 1
DISDAINED ME 1
DISOWNED ME 1
DISREGARDED ME 1
DUCKED OUT 1
FAILED TO RECOGNIZE ME 1
FLUFFED ME OFF 1
FROZE ME 1
GAVE ME THE DEAD-EYE 1
GAVE ME THE DODGE 1
GAVE ME THE EYE 1
GAVE ME THE GLASS EYE 1
GAVE ME THE NOSE 1
GAVE ME THE RUN-ROUND 1
GAVE ME THE SHUT-EYE 1
GAVE ME THE SLIP 1
GAVE ME TO GO-BY 1
GIVE ME THE BLACKS 1
GOT HIS TAIL ON HIS SHOULDER 1
HAD HIS HEAD IN THE AIR 1
HAD HIS NOSE IN THE AIR 1
HE’S HIGH-HAT 1
HIGH-TONED ME 1
HIGH-TOPPED ME 1
HIS MIND WAS A THOUSAND MILES FROM HERE 1
IS HIGH-HATTING ME 1
IS STUCK-UP 1
JUST IGNORED ME 1
JUST LOOKED THE OTHER WAY 1
JUST WALKED BY 1
KINDA SHIRKED ME 1
KINDA SHUNNED ME 1
LET ON HE DIDN’T KNOW ME 1
LOOKED THROUGH ME 1
MADE A HIGH-HAT 1
MADE BELIEVE HE DIDN’T SEE ME 1
MADE LIKE HE DIDN’T SEE ME 1
NEEDS GLASSES 1
NEVER KNEW US ON PURPOSE 1
NEVER SEE ME 1
NEVER SPOKE TO ME 1
NOSED ME 1
OLD STUCK-UP 1
PAID NO ATTENTION 1
PASSED BY 1
PASSED BY ME WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING 1
PASSED ME BY LIKE A FREIGHT 1
PASSED ME LIKE A FREIGHT 1
PASSED ME RIGHT BY 1
PASSED ME UP LIKE A PAY CAR DOES A TRAMP 1
PASSED ME WITHOUT SPEAKING 1
PRETENDED HE DIDN’T SEE ME 1
PRETENDED NOT TO KNOW ME 1
PUT HIS NOSE IN THE AIR 1
PUT ME DOWN 1
PUT ON THE HIGH-HAT 1
“REALLY STUCK-UP, HE DIDN’T KNOW ME” 1
REALLY TURNED UP HIS NOSE 1
REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE ME 1
REFUSED TO SPEAK 1
REJECTED ME 1
RUN-AROUND 1
RUSHED ME OFF 1
SEEMED DISTANT 1
SHINED ME ON 1
SHOOK ME OFF 1
SHURNED 1
SNOB 1
SNOBBY 1
SNOOTY 1
STUCK-UP NOW 1
TOO BIG-HEADED 1
TRIED TO SHUN ME 1
TURNED AWAY FROM ME 1
TURNED HIS NOSE UP AT ME 1
TURNED THE OTHER WAY 1
UP-NOSED ME 1
WALKED RIGHT BY 1
WALKED RIGHT PAST 1
WALKED RIGHT PAST ME 1
WAS A STUCK-UP SNOB 1
WAS AN OLD STIFF 1
WAS COLD 1
WAS COOL 1
WAS COOL TO ME 1
WAS DAMNED INDEPENDENT 1
WAS HIGH-HAT 1
WAS INDIFFERENT 1
WAS NEARSIGHTED 1
WAS PRETTY SNOTTY 1
WAS PRETTY STUCK-UP 1
WAS SNOUTY 1
WAS STUCK UP 1
WAS TOO GOOD FOR ME 1
WAS TOO HIGH-TONED TO SPEAK TO ME 1
WAS UP ON HIS HORSE 1
WAS VERY UPPITY 1
WENT RIGHT BY ME 1
WOULDN’T EVEN TALK 1

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