Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “cut a — figure“ and its meaning is “to have a particular look; to have a particular appearance; to make a particular impression; to present a particular image”.
Example Sentence: As s France was commemorating the end of the second world war in Europe this month, Emmanuel Macron cut an isolated figure on a near-empty Champs-Elysées, surrounded by steel security barriers to prevent any member of the public from getting within shouting, let alone pot-banging, distance… Our youngest-ever president – who once embodied hope, triumphantly defeated the far right and claimed to have broken the political mould by rising above traditional divides – has gone from being admired to being despised.
This word is present in If Macron doesn’t know why he’s despised, he hasn’t been listening and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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