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cut a figure

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cut a figure
to create an image. Wielding a knife and covered in blood, the actress cut a figure that was terrifying.
Usage notes: usually used with an adjective before figure: He was tall and slim and cut a handsome figure.
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You want to cut a figure in the world, and I reckon Peter Featherstone is the only one you've got to trust to.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
He should leave the army; he should go into Parliament; he should cut a figure in the fashion and in the state.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
I wished to cut a figure among young men of fashion.
The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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