give (someone) the time of day
idiom
chiefly US, informal
: to pay attention to someone
—usually used in negative statements
No one would give us the time of day.
I needed their help, but they wouldn't give me the time of day.
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But Scarpa said she still wasn’t taken seriously in her first years as CEO of NABI, and men working with her wouldn’t give the time of day to her ideas.
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Amaris Encinas, AZCentral.com, 18 July 2022
Britain would give the time of day to this hugely talented working-class woman of mixed race?
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2022
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Amaris Encinas, AZCentral.com, 18 July 2022
Britain would give the time of day to this hugely talented working-class woman of mixed race?
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2022
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“Give (someone) the time of day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/give%20%28someone%29%20the%20time%20of%20day. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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