Frozen out. Excluded or shut out. For instance, if the majority interest in a corporation so adjusts
matters as to control to the exclusion of the minority interest the minority interest is said to have
been frozen out.
Likewise, if a member of a board of directors is objectionable to the other members and their
combined opposition to him in the affairs of the concern impels him to retire from the board he is
said to have been frozen out.