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Meanings of cut a figure in English

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Usage of cut a figure in English
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I understand, my poor Socrates, it doesn't help you cut a figure.
Best Russian Short Stories
2
Then she cut a figure like this 8 in the ice.
The Dutch Twins
3
Only I shall never again cut a figure in gold rings.
Debit and Credit / Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag
4
He would cut a figure in the streets of Seville.
Days of the Discoverers
5
Yes, it was always the same story-wewere to " cut a figure."
John Gabriel Borkman
6
He cut a figure straight out of an admissions brochure.
Soon I will be invincible
7
Around the tank it went, turned, cut a figure eight, as Kennedy manipulated the levers.
The Romance of Elaine / Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine"
8
Grist, said: "You want to cut a figure in the world-you'rearmed now."
Evan Harrington — Volume 6
9
Then Kit cut a figure like this, S, and Kat cut one like this, 6.
The Dutch Twins
10
Where there was anything "doing" he wanted to cut a figure.
Hiram the Young Farmer
11
She cut a figure eight, stopped, started again.
The Dream Doctor
12
Why cut a figure in the world?
Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch
13
Into the Ohio village the young McPherson had come, to cut a figure in the town's life.
Windy McPherson's Son
14
And he did " cut a figure" to some purpose!
John Gabriel Borkman
15
You'll cut a figure at Rouen.
Madame Bovary
16
He wanted to make you cut a figure as one of the handsomes, and that's as ruinous as cabs-ha!
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
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