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cut a figure

[cut a figure] {v. phr.}

To make a favorable impression; carry off an activity with dignity and grace.

/With his handsome face and sporty figure, Harry cuts quite a figure with all the ladies./

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates © 2010

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