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idiompallcast a pall over/onto spoil an event or occasion by making people feel sad or less confident ◆ often used in newspapers, television news etc:The death of five students in a road accident has cast a pall over the university's graduation festivities.The prospect of an international trade dispute is casting a pall over preparations for the economic summit meeting.
cast a pall on (something)To cause a happy occasion to be sad or somber. The headmaster's sudden death really cast a pall on graduation. cast a pall over (something)To cause a happy occasion to be sad or somber. The headmaster's sudden death really cast a pall over graduation. cast a pall upon, toTo spread gloom. A pall was a cloth or cloak thrown over a coffin. By the eighteenth century the term had been transferred to spiritual darkness (“By this dark Pall thrown o’er the silent world,” Edward Young, Night Thoughts, 1742). |