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to see through
to see through
1. transitive.
a. Of a person: to support (another person) for the duration of a difficult time or situation. Also of a personal quality, ability, etc.: to enable (a person) to overcome a challenge or difficulty. Cf. to see through —— 2a at Phrasal verbs 2.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (transitive)] > through difficulties
to see through ——1796
to see through1814
to see over ——1875
1814 Meteor 1 Jan. 220 I have friends, who will stand by me in the day of need; they will see me through!
1872 H. Kingsley Hornby Mills II. 68 We will see him through if he were to burn the college down.
1885 J. D. Rees Notes of Journey Kasveen to Hamadan 5 I determined to..trust to my knowledge of Persian and the Persians to see me through.
1913 J. Vaizey College Girl xviii. 250 Her thoughts flew off to Ralph Percival..recalling with pleasure his promise to ‘see her through’.
1965 Listener 25 Nov. 865/1 Although Louis MacNeice was a fluent and sometimes facile poet, his sense of fact generally saw him through.
1977 G. Butler Brides of Friedberg v. 129 Don't worry..I'll see you through.
2015 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 16 May (Lifestyle section) 34 Hayes is lucky. He has a reliable if tiny network of friends to see him through.
b. Of a thing, esp. money or food: to be sufficient to meet the needs of (a person) for as long as necessary or desired; to last (a person) (to or until a specified time). Cf. to see through —— 2b at Phrasal verbs 2.
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1859 Ohio Cultivator 15 June 178/1 What little surplus is on our hands, is hardly sufficient to see us through until the new crop comes in.
1894 ‘M. Twain’ in St. Nicholas Mar. 393/1 Thirty camel-loads of treasures was enough to see a dervish through, because they live very simple.
1914 ‘Saki’ Beasts & Super-beasts 217 If you'll lend me three pounds that ought to see me through comfortably.
1988 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 2 Oct. 128 Jan holds breakfast to be the number one meal of the day, which, if taken right, will see you through.
2010 Church Times 22 Oct. 48/3 The Kestrel potatoes..scrub up a delicate pink, and may see me through to March.
2. transitive. To persist with (a task, project, etc.) until it is completed; to pursue (a matter) to its conclusion. Also: to continue to watch (a performance, event, etc.) until the end.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > following up, through, or prosecution > follow up, through, or out [verb (transitive)] > to the end
to go through1548
to set on1596
to set through1600
to carry through1609
to see outc1700
to follow out1762
to see through1828
1828 L. Hunt in Companion 6 Feb. 48 William III. The Dutchman, call'd to see our vessel through.
1838 Leicester Chron. 7 Apr. He had been there to see the matter through.
1890 Harper's Mag. Oct. 715/2 Most of the college boys remained,..to get the worth of their tickets, and to ‘see the thing through’.
1909 T.P.'s Weekly 24 Dec. 862/3 She saw dinner through, before she departed.
1916 H. G. Wells (title) Mr. Britling sees it through.
1985 R. Cobb Classical Educ. ix. 111 He was incapable of ever seeing anything through to the end.
2014 London Evening Standard 9 Oct. (West End Final ed.) 73/2 I sincerely believe that we have the ability to see this job through.
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to see through ——
to see through —— [compare thorough-see v.]
1. intransitive.
a. To see that which is on the other side of (an opening or gap, or something transparent). Also (usually in negative contexts): to see that which is on the other side of (something opaque); to penetrate visually. Cf. see-through adj.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > see through
to see through ——a1450
a1450 ( in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 4 (MED) God seeth thurgh euery bore.
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Perlucidum, & pellucidum, cleere, that a manne may see through, as water, glasse, horne.
1542 Plowman's Prol. in Wks. Chaucer (new ed.) f. cxix/1 Men might haue sene through both his chekes And euery wang toth and where it sat.
c1610–15 tr. Gregory of Nazianzus Life St. Gorgonia in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 160 There was not to be seene on her riche garments,..so thinne as that you might see throughe.
1720 H. Barham in Philos. Trans. 1717–19 (Royal Soc.) 30 1036 When held against the Light, they [sc. silkworms] might be seen through as you may an Egg.
1793 C. Smith Old Manor House I. ii. 48 The long narrow window was so far from the ground, that she could not see through it as she stood.
1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) I. 233 We can easily see through a small pin-hole in a piece of paper.
1867 J. T. Trowbridge Neighbours' Wives xiv. 133 Faustina..rubbed her forehead, as if to awaken some benumbed sense which would enable her to see through the bewildering drizzle.
1911 J. Masefield Jim Davis iii. 26 The frost had covered the window with ice-flowers, so that we could not see through the glass.
1978 K. J. Shapiro Coll. Poems 289 Seeing through these small holes [in a mask], the actor dances stiffly and with classical dignity.
2002 J. Feraca Rendered into Paradise 25 My mother had a nightgown..so sheer you could see right through it.
b. To penetrate (a disguise or deception); to perceive the true nature or character of (a person). Also: †to detect (a wrongdoing, failing, etc.) (obsolete).
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the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > shape inclinations of, dispose [verb (transitive)] > make out character
reada1425
to see through ——a1450
the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > detect > detect (in) an imposture
to see through ——a1450
to find out1545
detect1581
spot1880
tumble1901
rumble1912
a1450 ( in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 4 (MED) God seeth thurgh eche mysse.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. clxxxvijv His graces sight was so quike and penetrable, that he saw him, ye and saw through him, both with in and without.
1679 J. Goodman Penitent Pardoned ii. ii. 191 Alexander the great..had the luck or the sagacity to see through and despise the pageantry and empty shew of force.
1751 C. Labelye Descr. Westm. Bridge 93 The Board seeing thro' all this, enforced the Directions I had given.
1786 R. Burns Poems 218 And then their failings, flaws an' wants, Are a' seen thro'.
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xvi. 394 He saw through their insufficiency.
1885 Manch. Examiner 6 Nov. 5/3 The object of the Commission was seen through at a glance.
1933 P. G. Wodehouse Mulliner Nights 101 That terrible old woman saw through my subterfuge last night.
1985 I. Murdoch Good Apprentice ii. 171 But Midge, you've grown up now, surely you can see through him.
2005 New Yorker 13 June 129/1 I saw through all the pretenses of psychoanalysis.
c. To have or gain insight into (a problem, matter, etc.); to penetrate with the mind or intellect; to understand. Now rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > penetrate, discern [verb (transitive)]
piercea1398
to look througha1525
insee1541
penetrate?1563
to see through ——1565
to look through ——1580
understand1587
to break through1597
fathom1633
unfathom1707
1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare iii. 216 The force of this Conclusion is euident: A very childe may soone see through it.
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 899 Fuscarinus..could with his piercing wit see through the deepest matters.
1655 R. Baxter Arrogancy of Reason 34 Unlearned men, or yong raw Schollars,..will yet expect that they must understand all and see through all diffiulties.
1729 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. (ed. 2) Pref. p. v Any one may..know whether he understands and sees through what he is about.
1885 M. Holley Sweet Cicely v. 171 I can't see through it, why drunkards and murderers are punished, and them that make 'em drink and murder go free.
1990 J. J. Gray in R. C. Olby et al. Compan. Hist. Mod. Sci. xlii. 654 He knew that he had not seen through the question as clearly as usual.
2. transitive.
a. Of a person: to support (another person) for the duration of (a difficult time or situation). Also of a personal quality, ability, etc.: to enable (a person) to overcome (a challenge or difficulty). Cf. to see through 1a at Phrasal verbs 1.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (transitive)] > through difficulties
to see through ——1796
to see through1814
to see over ——1875
1796 J. G. Holman Abroad & at Home i. i. 10 I am the happiest man alive to serve a friend. I'll see you through this affair.
1869 A. Trollope Phineas Finn i. iii. 24 Would Laurence Fitzgibbon see him through the difficulties of the oath-taking?
1895 I. Maclaren Beside Bonnie Brier Bush vii. ii. 253 A' saw her through the fever when she wes a bit lassikie.
1939 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 6 May 943/1 If we can get these 100,000 auxiliaries and see them through their hospital training.
1941 Times 17 Jan. 3/6 (advt.) It takes more than peacetime energy to see us through a hard, exacting wartime day.
1990 L. Ngcobo And they didn't Die xi. 159 She's seen me through the hardest times.
1992 A. T. Ellis Pillars of Gold (1993) 111 All the intelligence had gone to Constance, leaving her brothers with only wariness and guile to see them through the vicissitudes of life.
2002 S. McKay Northern Protestants (new ed.) 81 It takes a very special sort of person to see you through all this.
b. Of a thing, esp. money or food: to be sufficient to meet the needs of (a person) for the duration of (a period of time). Cf. to see through 1b at Phrasal verbs 1.
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1832 Leeds Mercury 10 Mar. The funds will yet see us through another week.
1856 Adelaide Times 8 Sept. An import of 25,000 tons will be required to see them through the year.
1949 Tampico (Illinois) Tornado 10 Nov. I've..left enough supplies to see you through the winter.
1981 C. Beresford-Howe Marriage Bed (1982) ii. 87 I emerged with about five pounds of fiction, enough to see me through quite a few white nights to come.
2008 News of World (Nexis) 10 Feb. Eat fruit with porridge or oat based cereal for breakfast to see you through the morning.
3. intransitive. colloquial. To finish, get through (a meal or dish).
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1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting ix. 440 I need hardly say I had a bilious headache all the following day, as I was ravenously hungry, and saw through most of it [sc. a meal of many dishes].
2014 Argus (Brighton) (Nexis) 8 Dec. My partner and I see through portions of perfectly-grilled lamb chops, fresh-as-you-like sautéed greens and Punjabi samosas.
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