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cut a figure

verb

Definitions

  1. To present an image

    To present an image; to make an impression.

    • To cut a fine/sorry figure.
    • Your desire was to cut a figure in the Fashionable World. Well, to-day you have your wish—to-day you are famous.
    • Dirk Stroeve cut such an absurd figure that I felt inclined to laugh.

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