put a new complexion on

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to change the way that a situation appears

   A circumstance has come to my attention, sir, which seems to me to put a different complexion on the case.

In the movies · 1

• A circumstance has come to my attention, sir, which seems to me to put a different complexion on the case.The Letter1940

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• The Letter1940
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