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cast doubt on
Idioms and Phrases
Cause something or someone to be questioned. For example, The prosecutor cast doubt on the wife's alibi . This idiom uses cast in the sense of “throw,” a usage dating from the early 1200s.Example Sentences
At the same time, the endless delays to implementation and lack of associated security incidents cast doubt on whether the law is necessary at all.
The restructuring, if implemented, would go further in rolling back the U.S. fight against climate change than Trump did in his first term, when his EPA administrator, Andrew Wheeler, cast doubt on the threats posed by a warming planet.
Roth cast doubt on the materials the guild submitted, including a partially obscured photo of the writer’s room that was provided as “evidence” that she was violating the rules about working during a strike.
No majority opinion of the Supreme Court has cast doubt on the compatibility of the equal protection clause and statutes that allow for disparate impact claims.
Smith's lawyer, Rinesh Sivnarain, cast doubt on these allegations.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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