Meaning of cast of thousands | Babel Free

Definitions

A large number of people in one place or carrying out one action.

idiomatic

Examples

“For Apocalypse Now (above), Francis Ford Coppola reinvented the Vietnam War with the proverbial cast of thousands.”

“They were trying to keep it down and saying going to Europe, as I recall, but a cast of thousands --- that is incorrect, take that off.”

“Life was now just too confusing, so I didn't ask any questions, just headed back to the cast of thousands standing in my kitchen.”

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