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See through   /si θru/   Listen
See through

verb
1.
Support financially through a period of time.  "This money will see me through next month"
2.
Perceive the true nature of.
3.
Remain with until completion.






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"See through" Quotes from Famous Books



... in William II's sham bluster against England on behalf of the Transvaal and of that Africa concerning which he has just concluded a binding treaty with Albion. One must either be hopelessly ignorant or wilfully blind not to see through the game of William II and to be fooled by ...
— The Schemes of the Kaiser • Juliette Adam

... my full heart's strong command, See through my long throat how the words go up In ripples to my mouth; ...
— The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems • William Morris

... of Peace still stared them in the face. Dick put his head in at the door. He looked rather sheepish, as if his dignified going had been invalidated by this impetuous coming back, as if he couldn't live without Nan and she was bound to see through it. ...
— Old Crow • Alice Brown

... you think she saw? Why, bodies and skeletons of beautiful young ladies all stained with blood. So Lady Mary thought it was high time to get out of that horrid place, and she closed the door, went through the gallery, and was just going down the stairs, and out of the hall, when who should she see through the window, but Mr. Fox dragging a beautiful young lady along from the gateway to the door. Lady Mary rushed downstairs, and hid herself behind a cask, just in time, as Mr. Fox came in with the poor ...
— English Fairy Tales • Joseph Jacobs (coll. & ed.)

... yellow Tiber Was tumult and affright: From all the spacious champaign 100 To Rome men took their flight. A mile around the city, The throng stopped up the ways; A fearful sight it was to see Through two long nights and ...
— Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) for use in the Lower School • O. J. Stevenson


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