Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is cast a pall over and it is a phrase meaning is “to provide an unhappy feeling, take the pleasure out of; spoil/ruin something and make it less enjoyable (due to sad news or unpleasant situation)”.
Example Sentence: On Wednesday there were 488,000 cases of the virus in the US, according to a New York Times database. However, even that figure is likely a serious undercount of the true numbers of positive cases,… The fast-spreading mutant version of the virus has cast a pall over Christmas and the new year, forcing communities to scale back or call off their festivities just weeks after it seemed as if Americans were about to enjoy an almost normal holiday season.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article US sets new record for daily Covid cases as Omicron spreads across country and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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