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单词 to see for oneself
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to see for oneself
P17. to see for oneself: to verify something by seeing it with one's own eyes; to observe in person or first-hand; to determine for oneself based on personal observation.
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1680 Counter-plot 5 We will now draw back the curtain, and present our Caballists as in Consult, and in the very manner, that every man may see for himself.
1748 G. Whitefield Let. 8 July in Wks. (1771) II. dcxlvii. 149 I must hear and see for myself, before I determine upon any thing.
1776 Some Acct. Life & Gospel Labours W. Reckitt 72 I had..to invite them [sc. children of men] to come and see for themselves, what great things the Lord will do for them that trust in him.
1846 J. H. Ingraham Bonfield 97/1 Your lordship can see for yourself that they are well-mated!
1859 Harper's Mag. May 810/1 Mr. Kelley..abandoned the musty inns of English Courts for the dusty highways of Australia, with the purpose of seeing for himself what El Dorado was like.
1920 Typogr. Jrnl. Nov. 536/1 See for yourself whether the press of the country is unanimously and uncritically pro-union in editorial policy.
1986 T. Clancy Red Storm Rising (1988) xxxiii. 550 We got a request to check something out. Probably a snowbird, but—well, see for yourself.
2002 Top Santé Feb. 6/3 I'm a fitness teacher..and have seen for myself that the benefits of working out are enormous.
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