The difference between Cut a figure and Impress
When used as verbs, cut a figure means to present an image, whereas impress means to affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
Impress is also noun with the meaning: the act of impressing.
check bellow for the other definitions of Cut a figure and Impress
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Cut a figure as a verb (idiomatic):
To present an image; to make an impression.
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Impress as a verb (transitive):
To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
Examples:
"You impressed me with your command of Urdu."
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Impress as a verb (intransitive):
To make an impression, to be impressive.
Examples:
"Henderson impressed in his first game as captain."
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Impress as a verb (transitive):
To produce a vivid impression of (something).
Examples:
"That first view of the Eiger impressed itself on my mind."
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Impress as a verb (transitive):
To mark or stamp (something) using pressure.
Examples:
"We impressed our footprints in the wet cement."
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Impress as a verb:
To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
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Impress as a verb (figurative):
To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
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Impress as a verb (transitive):
To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.
Examples:
"The press gang used to impress people into the Navy."
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Impress as a verb (transitive):
To seize or confiscate (property) by force.
Examples:
"The liner was impressed as a troop carrier."
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Impress as a noun:
The act of impressing.
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Impress as a noun:
An impression; an impressed image or copy of something.
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Impress as a noun:
A stamp or seal used to make an impression.
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Impress as a noun:
An impression on the mind, imagination etc.
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Impress as a noun:
Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
Examples:
"rfquotek South"
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Impress as a noun:
A heraldic device; an impresa.
Examples:
"rfquotek Cussans"
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Impress as a noun:
The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.