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see
verb- to understand something; to believe something US, 1850
Elaborated in the wordplay: “‘I see’” said the blind man, as he put down his hammer and saw.’. - to have the ability to read music UK
- “He doesn’t see too well” refers to a performer who reads music slowly. — Leonard Feather, Encyclopaedia of Jazz, 1955
▶ see a brown friend out to the coast
to defecate UK- — www.LondonSlang.com, June 2002
▶ see a man about a dog
to go to the toilet UK, 1867
Jocular and euphemistic.- He leaned closer, winking. “I think I gotta go see a man about a dog. Don’t go ’way now.’” — Sue Grafton, “F” is for Fugitive, p. 70, 1990
- [Q]uaint traditions, not least closing up for lunch or at some other random time when the owner pops out to see a man about a dog. — Time Out (Lisbon), July 2004
▶ see it coming a mile off
to predict an obvious event, often only with the benefit of hindsight UK, 1966
An elaboration and intensification of “see it coming”.- [T]hey led to the hard news slowly, but I saw it coming from miles off. Any kid can see it coming. — Geoffrey Wolff, Duke of Deception, p. 217, 1986
- She must have seen our naive excitement coming a mile off. — Allie Pleiter, Becoming a Chief Home Officer, p. 35, 2002
▶ see red
to be angry UK, 1901- [H]e saw red and clocked Peggy with a bronze statuette[.] — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 107, 1956
▶ see Steve
to use cocaine US- — American Speech, p. 29, February 1952: “Teen-age hophead jargon”
▶ see the colour of your money
to see your money; to be paid UK, 1718- Both Abbey National and Barclays like to see the colour of your money before they are prepared to let you borrow more than their respective automatic limits of £250 and £200. — The Observer, 29 September 2002
▶ see you coming
to take advantage of your gullibility UK, 1937- “That camera”, says the Pope, “cost me $100,000!” “Oh,” says the Japanese ambassador. “They must have seen you coming!” — Jimmy Pritchard, The New York City Bartender’s Joke Book, p. 60, 2002
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