What is "to freeze out"

Freeze \Freeze\, v. t.

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

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

   A faint, cold fear runs through my veins, That almost freezes up the heat of life.
   --Shak.

   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.

   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.