To witness something unexpected and awe-filling. [early 19th c. to Civil War]
Used other than as an idiom: see see, the, elephant.
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see offsee offsee one's way clear tosee outsee outsee outsee oversee past the end of one's nosesee redsee redsee someone throughsee someone throughsee someone's pointsee something throughsee starssee the lightsee the lightsee the light of daysee the pointsee thingssee throughsee tosee tosee to it that...see which way the cat jumpssee yellowsee yousee yousee yousee you in hell
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