cast the die
Example Sentences
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Norwich's 4-1 loss to Liverpool in 2019-20 cast the die for a season in which they conceded 75 goals.
From BBC • Aug. 8, 2023
That cast the die for a field that has faced recurrent patterns of overpromise and under-delivery, hubris and long, wound-licking winters of discontent.
From Nature • Oct. 1, 2019
More interesting than the results of the New Hampshire primary is that it has cast the die for the Democratic race moving forward.
From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2016
When the Japanese Army leaders, who have the ear of their Imperial Majesty Hirohito, cast the die for war in 1937, they thought it would all be over in a few months.
From Time Magazine Archive
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She had always dimly perceived this danger, saying to herself that she could cast the die before another cast it for her.
From The Salamander by Johnson, Owen