FEEL A DRAFT
feel a draft: translation
feel a draft
to sense that one is being rejected; to sense that someone is cool toward one, possibly for racial reasons. •
Oh, man, I feel a draft in here. Let's leave.
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What a reception! I sure felt a draft.
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{v. phr.}, {slang} To have the sensation that one is not welcome in a place; that one has gotten a cold reception. * /Let's go, Suzie, I feel a draft./