person to be reckoned with
Example Sentences
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A 21-year-old girl named Valerie Lauder is a person to be reckoned with in Chicago journalism.
From Time Magazine Archive
It means that I am a person to be reckoned with.
From Victory An Island Tale by Conrad, Joseph
He had recognised her without her appearing to see him, and even with half an eye, as they said, had taken in that she was now a person to be reckoned with.
From Pandora by James, Henry
A man who is a "somebody," a "person to be reckoned with," is one who is a "self."
From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin
He fell back on a previous statement: "And I am a person to be reckoned with."
From Victory An Island Tale by Conrad, Joseph
