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Cast a long shadow.
Something or someone that casts a long shadow has considerable influence on other people or events.
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Alban Berg's Lulu is the most complex and dazzling of 20th century operas and has left a long shadow (written in the 1930s, it was completed from Berg's sketches after his death).
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"Fidel has left a shadow over Cuba.
Margaret Thatcher, who faded away as a political force in the noughties, leaves a long shadow.
Many more have left a part of themselves on the battlefield, or brought the shadows of battle back home.
The scandal that has dogged Margaret Moran's political career has left her a shadow of her former self.
This, too, is fueling a time of outrage that has left Western politicians chasing shadows.
The Holocaust casts its long shadow over them both: Isabel's father, a pianist and a concentration camp survivor, has left his daughter a legacy of crushing anxiety.
ResCap has cast a long shadow over its parent company.
Still, ResCap has cast a long shadow over its parent.
"This horrific tragedy has cast a long shadow," he said.
Picard's case has cast a long shadow over the Mets.
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