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cast over

cast over verb: to ponder; to consider or think about.

Verb

cast over (third-person singular simple present casts over, present participle casting over, simple past and past participle cast over)

  1. (idiomatic) To ponder; to consider or think about.
  2. (figuratively) To spread a sense of doom about a subject
    • The projections cast doubt over the future of the business.
  3. To cast into another fisher's area or so as to cross over their line.
  4. To direct one's attention towards something.
    • My eyes cast over the anomaly.

Forms of cast over

third-person singular presentcasts over
present participlecasting over
past participlecast over
pastcast over

Questions about cast over

What does cast over mean?
Cast over means to ponder; to consider or think about.
What part of speech is cast over?
Cast over is a verb.
What is the past tense of cast over?
The past tense of cast over is cast over.

Words near cast over in the dictionary

  1. cast one's net wider
  2. cast one's vote
  3. cast out
  4. cast out nines
  5. cast out the Devil with Beelzebub
  6. cast over
  7. cast pearls before swine
  8. cast round
  9. cast snowballs
  10. cast someone's water
  11. cast steel

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