| 单词 | to see the year out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto see the (old) year out (a) to see the (old) year out and variants: to mark or celebrate the end of the year on 31 December, typically staying up until after midnight. ΚΠ 1808 Salmagundi 25 Jan. 511 The renowned Rip Van Dam..always did honour to the season by seeing out the old year. 1840 C. Dickens Let. ?18 Dec. (1969) II. 169 Will you dine with us on the last day of the old year—just to see it jollily out. 1868 J. W. Ebsworth Karl's Legacy I. xix. 286 Come, see the Year out; With a health to the worthy old soul! 1875 L. Troubridge Jrnl. in Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 134 It's eleven o'clock now, and shall I tell you what we three are doing? Watching the Old Year out and the New Year in. 1939 H. Nicolson Diary 31 Dec. (1967) II. 52 I do not stay to watch the New Year in or the Old Year out. I write this diary at 11.45 and shall not wait. 2004 Independent 27 Dec. 26/5 The general will see out the year in style, starting off New York's New Year's Eve shindig in Times Square. < as lemmas |
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