cast a shadow

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cast a shadow

verb casts a shadow · casting a shadow · cast a shadow

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cast, shadow.
  2. figuratively, idiomatic, of an event To dampen future events. With the descent of the cold war, relations between the two countries (for this is, to all intents and purposes, what they became after the end of the war) were almost completely broken off, with whole families split for the ensuing decades, some for ever. This event and its after-effects, along wit

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verb idiomatic

Italianofare ombra
Русскийомрача́ть omračátʹ, омрачи́ть omračítʹ

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@misc{cast_a_shadow_2026,
  title = {cast a shadow},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cast%20a%20shadow},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}