cast doubt on

Idioms  

1. Cause something or someone to be questioned. For example, The prosecutor cast doubt on the wife's alibi. This idiom uses cast in the sense of “throw,” a usage dating from the early 1200s.

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cast doubt on

In Laredo, City Council member Tyler King cast doubt on the permanence of the funding block in Monday’s meeting.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Hearn said there had been breaches of the agreement which needed to be resolved and cast doubt on whether Wednesday's news conference would go ahead.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Former Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, the voluble one, declared himself to be on “Team Ballmer” at the time and cast doubt on Mr. Torre’s reporting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Vance said the United States was probing the wedding strike but cast doubt on Iranian reporting of the incident.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Although a few historians have recently cast doubt on some of the details of Olaudah Equiano’s life story, the majority of his account has been verified.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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