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Definition of See through

1. Verb. Support financially through a period of time. "This money will see me through next month"

2. Verb. Perceive the true nature of. "We could see through her apparent calm"

3. Verb. Remain with until completion. "I must see the job through"

Definition of See through

1. Verb. (transitive) To find something to be visually transparent. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To not be deceived by something that is false or misleading; to understand the hidden truth about someone or something. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To recognize someone's true motives or character. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To provide support or cooperation to (a person) throughout a period of time; to support someone through a difficult time. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To do something until it is finished. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of See Through

see off see out see over see red see someone's point see someone coming see someone through see something out see something through see stars

see the forest for the trees see the light see the light of day see the wood for the trees see things see through (current term) see to see to it see which way the cat jumps see with one's own eyes

see ya see yellow see you see you in hell see you later see you later alligator see you next Tuesday see you soon see you when I see you seeability

Literary usage of See through

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sermons by Hugh Blair (1822)
"for now we see through a glass, darkly.-^l COR. xiii. 12. THE Apostle here describes the imperfection of our knowledge with relation to spiritual and ..."

2. Sermons by Hugh Blair (1822)
"For now we see through a glass, darkly.—1 COR. xiii. 12. THE Apostle here describes the imperfection of our knowledge with relation to spiritual and eternal ..."

3. Digest of Decisions of the Courts and Interstate Commerce Commission Under by Edward Beauchamp Peirce (1908)
"Through routes, joint rate not essential to existence of. see "Through routes* " 12 13. Unauthorized joint rate, difference in rates resulting from ..."

4. A Journal Or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian by George Fox, William Penn, Margaret Askew Fell Fox (1839)
"You may see through all chronicles ' and histories, that the priests joined with the powers of the nations ; the 4 magistrates, sooth-sayers, ..."

5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1887)
"he wanted. He bent his away. " Look into the water," he said a little roughly. " The water is falling ; I can see through to the sand. ..."

6. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1871)
"They always seem to me to see, through all these differences, the unity of the Spirit, and I believe we may learn a very great lesson from them. The Eev. ..."

7. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"... to see through ; see Perspective. Der. perspicaci-ous, a coined word, as an equivalent to Lat. perspicax ; perspicacious-ly, -ness. And see Perspicuous. ..."

8. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"was>so sharp sighted he could see through the earth, and distinguish objects nine miles off. That Lynceus may be matched ..."

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