"To leave an impression" means to have a strong effect or influence on someone or something, so that they remember or are affected by you in some way.
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He was fascinated and intrigued and ultimately moved on to trying natural tricks, like using wheat and barley stalks to
leave impressions in the wet compound.
He was a larger than life figure
who left an impression on everyone he met, and his sudden passing is felt deeply by those who loved and knew him.
A Dutch baby pancake is one of the easiest items you can make at home that will
surely leave an impression on your breakfast or brunch guests.
Be neat: If you fail to write in a clean and organized manner, you will
only leave an impression that you are not paying attention to details.
The cost - benefit
discussion left the impression that the panel had judged the value of those 10,000 hypothetical women's lives and decided that the price of saving them was too high.
These templates can
sure leave an impression, especially when you are making an entry level administrative assistant résumé.
The young mom is skeptical (``... supposedly, it creates a bonding experience») and the
ad leaves the impression that it's * supposed * to hurt.
Perhaps no other American president in modern history has had so many second chances and political accomplishments, and
yet left an impression of his time in office as wasted on some levels.
This may
likewise leave an impression that the candidate do not really know what he is applying for or he is just trying to land in any job.
Recruiter will be interested in your current activity and big gaps in your professional experience section can
leave an impression of bored person.
Though it was less than a minute before she spotted me again, for a child that young, that's a long time and it can
really leave an impression.