cast a pall on/over
idiom
: to give (something) an unhappy mood
Their argument cast a pall on the party.
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Stocks sold off Friday after President Donald Trump’s latest tariff announcements, along with a weak jobs report, cast a pall over the U.S. economic outlook.
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Sarah Min, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025
The lack of an answer from either Kohberger or investigators has cast a pall over the guilty plea and sentencing, leaving everyone but the man himself in the dark.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 29 July 2025
At a certain point in the summer, the thought of getting dressed up to go out for dinner begins to cast a pall over the entire day.
—Air Mail, 26 July 2025
Taken as a whole, these and other anti-merger tactics undermined due process and cast a pall over economically beneficial M&A.
Pre-Biden Merger Policy Restored
New FTC and DOJ Trump Administration leaders have public publicly committed to rolling back the Biden anti-merger agenda.
—Alden Abbott, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
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Sarah Min, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025
The lack of an answer from either Kohberger or investigators has cast a pall over the guilty plea and sentencing, leaving everyone but the man himself in the dark.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 29 July 2025
At a certain point in the summer, the thought of getting dressed up to go out for dinner begins to cast a pall over the entire day.
—Air Mail, 26 July 2025
Taken as a whole, these and other anti-merger tactics undermined due process and cast a pall over economically beneficial M&A.
Pre-Biden Merger Policy Restored
New FTC and DOJ Trump Administration leaders have public publicly committed to rolling back the Biden anti-merger agenda.
—Alden Abbott, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
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“Cast a pall on/over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cast%20a%20pall%20on%2Fover. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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