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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 鈥渢hrow,鈥 a usage dating from the early 1200s.Example Sentences
But Tabriz cast doubt on that idea.
On Friday, Zelensky cast doubt on whether he would manage to attend after all, following the latest Russian strikes on Kyiv disrupting his travel plans.
Fergus Thomas, 31, from Abergavenny, cast doubt on the investor's claim that rents could be brought under control.
It took two holes for Bryson DeChambeau to surpass him on the leaderboard and quickly cast doubt on McIlroy chances of finally winning the Masters.
But prosecutors in the second trial cast doubt on those claims, arguing the brothers had acted out of greed and wanted to inherit their parents' wealth.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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