"cut a figure" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-cut a figure.ogg [Australia] Forms: cuts a figure [present, singular, third-person], cutting a figure [participle, present], cut a figure [participle, past], cut a figure [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|cut<,,cut> a figure}} cut a figure (third-person singular simple present cuts a figure, present participle cutting a figure, simple past and past participle cut a figure)
  1. (idiomatic) To present an image; to make an impression. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-cut_a_figure-en-verb-tqFInP-H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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