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of consequence
Idioms and Phrases
Important, as in For all matters of consequence we have to consult the board , or Only scientists of consequence have been invited to speak . This idiom was first recorded in 1489.Example Sentences
"The fear of consequence is just not there and I think that's why we need to see more resources and more focus by the police," she says.
"Ultimately when shoplifters start to see the levels of consequence more and more than we're seeing today… that will really change the tide."
Namely, that it was all well and good, but who of consequence had they played?
But he was, above all, a man of consequence.
Alex Salmond was a man of consequence.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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