get+sight+of

  • 71catch sight — verb see something for a brief time • Syn: ↑get a look, ↑catch a glimpse • Hypernyms: ↑see • Verb Frames: Somebody s Somebody s PP …

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  • 72draw/get a bead on — AIM AT, fix on, focus on, zero in on, sight. → bead …

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  • 73over·sight — /ˈoʊvɚˌsaıt/ noun, pl sights 1 [count] : a mistake made because someone forgets or fails to notice something The fact that you didn t get an invitation is surely just an oversight. The error was a simple oversight. 2 [noncount] : the act or job… …

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  • 74Sighted — Sight Sight, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sighted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sighting}.] 1. To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck. Kane. [1913 Webster] 2. To look at through a sight; to see accurately; as, to sight an object, as a star.… …

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  • 75Sighting — Sight Sight, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sighted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sighting}.] 1. To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck. Kane. [1913 Webster] 2. To look at through a sight; to see accurately; as, to sight an object, as a star.… …

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  • 76find — [fīnd] vt. found, finding [ME finden < OE findan, akin to Ger finden, Goth finthan < IE base * pent , to walk, happen upon, find > L pons, a plank causeway, bridge] 1. to happen on; come upon; meet with; discover by chance 2. to get by… …

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  • 77Irish road bowling — ( ga. Ból an bhóthair) is an ancient sport. It is centered in Ireland primarily in County Armagh and County Cork. However, it also has players in Boston, MA, Cambridge, NY, Traverse City, MI Riverdale, NY, New Zealand and is growing in the fairs… …

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  • 78descry — v. a. 1. Discover, discern, espy, perceive, see, behold, get sight of, get a glimpse of. 2. Detect, recognize, find out, spy out …

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  • 79discover — v. a. 1. Reveal, communicate, tell, disclose, exhibit, show, manifest, make manifest, impart, make known, lay open, lay bare, expose to view. 2. Ascertain, detect, find out. 3. Find out (originally), be the discoverer of, be the first to find. 4 …

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  • 80Conspicuous — Con*spic u*ous, a. [L. conspicuus, fr. conspicere to get sight of, to perceive; con + spicere, specere, to look. See {Spy}] 1. Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye. [1913 Webster] It …

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