"cut a figure" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1913, Jeffery Farnol, chapter 57, in The Amateur Gentleman:",
          "text": "Your desire was to cut a figure in the Fashionable World. Well, to-day you have your wish—to-day you are famous.",
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          "ref": "1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 27”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "Dirk Stroeve cut such an absurd figure that I felt inclined to laugh.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1950, The Crisis, page 647:",
          "text": "As a leader of the free world the United States cuts an unconvincing figure with its racial segregation.",
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        {
          "ref": "2010 September 9, Karl Vick, “Israel's Military on the Spot Over Activist's Death”, in Time:",
          "text": "Composed and genial, the Corries cut an impressive figure in the sun-drenched Haifa courthouse.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2024 April 24, Helene Cooper, “NATO Puts on a Show of Force in the Shadow of Russia’s War”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Standing in a field at an army barracks in Poznan, Poland, and wearing the black Stetson that is customary for the 2nd Cavalry, Colonel McChrystal cut a figure both commanding and incongruous.",
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        "To present an image; to make an impression."
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        "(idiomatic) To present an image; to make an impression."
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          "text": "Dirk Stroeve cut such an absurd figure that I felt inclined to laugh.",
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        },
        {
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          "text": "As a leader of the free world the United States cuts an unconvincing figure with its racial segregation.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2010 September 9, Karl Vick, “Israel's Military on the Spot Over Activist's Death”, in Time:",
          "text": "Composed and genial, the Corries cut an impressive figure in the sun-drenched Haifa courthouse.",
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        },
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        "To present an image; to make an impression."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To present an image; to make an impression."
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