cast a pall

cast a pall
To spoil something.

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  • cast a pall on — cast a pall on/over (something) if an unpleasant event or piece of news casts a pall on something, it spoils it. News of her sudden death cast a pall on the awards ceremony …   New idioms dictionary

  • cast a pall on something — cast a pall on/over (something) if an unpleasant event or piece of news casts a pall on something, it spoils it. News of her sudden death cast a pall on the awards ceremony …   New idioms dictionary

  • cast a pall over something — cast a pall on/over (something) if an unpleasant event or piece of news casts a pall on something, it spoils it. News of her sudden death cast a pall on the awards ceremony …   New idioms dictionary

  • cast a pall over — cast a pall on/over (something) if an unpleasant event or piece of news casts a pall on something, it spoils it. News of her sudden death cast a pall on the awards ceremony …   New idioms dictionary

  • cast a pall over something — cast a pall over (something) to spoil something. Her illness cast a pall over the awards ceremony. Etymology: from the literal meaning of a pall (= something, such as smoke or fog or dust in the air, that makes the sky dark) …   New idioms dictionary

  • cast a pall over — (something) to spoil something. Her illness cast a pall over the awards ceremony. Etymology: from the literal meaning of a pall (= something, such as smoke or fog or dust in the air, that makes the sky dark) …   New idioms dictionary

  • cast a pall over something — phrase to create an unpleasant situation or mood His comments cast a pall over the meeting. Thesaurus: to make something worsesynonym Main entry: pall …   Useful english dictionary

  • cast a pall over — the bad news from home cast a pall over our honeymoon Syn: spoil, cast a shadow over, overshadow, cloud, put a damper on …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • cast a pall over something — to create an unpleasant situation or mood His comments cast a pall over the meeting …   English dictionary

  • cast a pall over — SPOIL, cast a shadow over, overshadow, cloud, put a damper on. → pall …   Useful english dictionary

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