leave an impression (on someone)

leave an impression (on someone)
leave an impression (on someone) & leave someone with an impression
Fig. to provide a lasting memory for someone after one has left. (Akin to make an impression on someone.) •

Her performance was less than stunning. She didn't leave a very good impression on us.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • leave — I. /liv / (say leev) verb (left, leaving) –verb (t) 1. to go away from, depart from, or quit, as a place, a person, or a thing. 2. to let stay or be as specified: to leave a door unlocked. 3. to let (a person, etc.) remain in a position to do… …  

  • impression */*/*/ — UK [ɪmˈpreʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable] Word forms impression : singular impression plural impressions 1) an opinion or feeling that you have about someone or something you have seen but do not know very well have/get the impression (that): I have …   English dictionary

  • leave one's mark — {v. phr.} To leave an impression upon; influence someone. * /Tolstoy never won the Nobel Prize, but he left his mark on world literature./ See: MAKE ONE S MARK …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • leave one's mark — {v. phr.} To leave an impression upon; influence someone. * /Tolstoy never won the Nobel Prize, but he left his mark on world literature./ See: MAKE ONE S MARK …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • leave\ one's\ mark — v. phr. To leave an impression upon; influence someone. Tolstoy never won the Nobel Prize, but he left his mark on world literature. See: make one s mark …   Словарь американских идиом

  • leave — leave1 [ liv ] (past tense and past participle left [ left ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 go away from place ▸ 2 go away permanently ▸ 3 stop working for someone etc. ▸ 4 put something somewhere ▸ 5 make something that remains ▸ 6 make someone feel/think ▸ 7… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • leave — I UK [liːv] / US [lɪv] verb Word forms leave : present tense I/you/we/they leave he/she/it leaves present participle leaving past tense left UK [left] / US past participle left *** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to go away from a place We left… …   English dictionary

  • leave — [[t]li͟ːv[/t]] ♦ leaves, leaving, left 1) VERB If you leave a place or person, you go away from that place or person. [V n] He would not be allowed to leave the country... [V n] I simply couldn t bear to leave my little girl …   English dictionary

  • run — run1 W1S1 [rʌn] v past tense ran [ræn] past participle run present participle running ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move quickly using your legs)¦ 2¦(race)¦ 3¦(organize/be in charge of )¦ 4¦(do something/go somewhere quickly)¦ 5¦(buses/trains etc)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Confirmation bias — (also called confirmatory bias or myside bias) is a tendency for people to favor information that confirms their preconceptions or hypotheses regardless of whether the information is true.[Note 1][1] As a result, people gather evidence and recall …   Wikipedia

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