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CATCH SIGHT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does catch sight mean?
• CATCH SIGHT (verb)
The verb CATCH SIGHT has 1 sense:
1. see something for a brief time
Familiarity information: CATCH SIGHT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
See something for a brief time
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
catch a glimpse; catch sight; get a look
Hypernyms (to "catch sight" is one way to...):
see (perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Context examples
Down this he pushed as fast as he might, hoping at every turn and rise to catch sight of his companions of the morning.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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