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Discover LudwigThe phrase "out to impress" is correct and usable in written English.
This phrase is typically used in informal contexts to express that someone is making an effort to make an impression on someone else. For example: "The job applicant was out to impress and gave a detailed account of their experience during the interview."
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I'm not out to impress.
Peter Pabst's set doesn't set out to impress.
I don't really go out to impress anybody but myself.
Ahmet wasn't out to impress anyone, because there wasn't anyone to impress".
He feels happier now he's older, "not out to impress anyone particularly, just doing my thing and comfortable with that".
In "The Office," at 9, Dwight (Rainn Wilson) sets out to impress the president for special projects (Catherine Tate) at Sabre headquarters in Tallahassee, Fla.
They aren't out to impress, except by the longevity of their friendship — it dates back to the 1950s at Brooklyn College — and their dedication to it.
Mr. Sharaf talks a good game but is not himself a Houthi, just an ally, so I wondered if he was a figurehead trotted out to impress foreigners.
When she rears back and lets the high notes fly, she still sounds as if she were out to impress the judges.
A veteran conference-goer calls it an "open-necked" year, whereas ties were obligatory when the thrusters were out to impress Blair and Brown.
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Yes, it doesn't take more than some good kosher take-out to impress me.
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