past master
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Farage is a past master at grabbing headlines, seizing on issues other politicians are sometimes reluctant to, talking in terms that raise eyebrows, creating rows and news coverage.
From BBC • May 3, 2025
Besieged on all sides, Mr. Lee is a past master at playing to public emotions.
From Washington Times • Sep. 22, 2023
He is a past master at laying off his debts as well as his moral responsibilities.
From Salon • Nov. 12, 2022
In Bologna, he finds a grizzled character — played by Nick Nolte, a past master in this department — who’s protecting a film archive and maintaining a bicycle-and-hand-crank-operated projector.
From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2021
I became a past master on the parallel bars and excelled at physical jerks;—we have trembled at the mere sound of his voice, but his runaway post-horse never got the better of us.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
