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cast in the same mold



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Idioms and Phrases

Bearing a close resemblance, as in All his detective stories are cast in the same mold . This term uses the verb to cast in the sense of forming an object by running molten metal into a mold. [Late 1500s]
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Lest he be cast in the same mold as the likes of Mr. Lopez and Mr. Baez, meanwhile, Mr. Macri has repatriated $1.3 million he held in an offshore account in the Bahamas.

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And the miracles in each case were pretty much of the same character, thus indicating a common course for their origin,—all probably having been cast in the same mold—in the theological schools of the once famous, world-renowned city of Alexandria, the capital of Egypt.

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In general, whatever is desirable for one is desirable for all, since all spirits are cast in the same mold and have the same derivation.

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One Exxon executive, who knows them both, describes them as "cast in the same mold�hard businessmen, not extraverted, used to tough decisions."

The two men, long tennis-playing pals, are cast in the same mold, but Peterson is if anything a shade more cerebral than his former boss.

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