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very image

NOUN
dead ringer
Synonyms
WEAK
Doppelganger carbon copy copy eidetic image exact counterpart exact duplicate facsimile living image living picture lookalike mirror image replica spit and image spitting image the image of very picture
NOUN
mirror image
Synonyms
STRONGEST
carbon copy
WEAK
Doppelganger copy dead ringer eidetic image exact duplicate facsimile living image living picture look-alike spit and image spitting image
NOUN
spitting image
Synonyms
WEAK
Doppelganger carbon copy clone copy dead ringer double duplicate eidetic image exact counterpart exact duplicate exact likeness facsimile image of likeness living image living picture look-alike lookalike match mirror image picture of replica ringer spit and image twin

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Sometimes the very image you have of this person in your head is betrayed by their actual physical presence, which can only be conveyed completely when they are live and in front of you.

From Slate • May 17, 2021

I recently spoke with a young woman of color who cried when she saw that very image, because a family member of hers is a cafeteria worker in a military hospital ward treating Covid-19 patients.

From Salon • May 16, 2020

Few artists can portray themselves as silly, airy party girls and then utterly subvert that very image, all in the same song.

From Washington Times • Jan. 30, 2020

The retrospective makes it clear that the band invented the very image of the modern rock star.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2016

"Look at her. The hair, the eyes. She is the very image of Cat at the same age."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin