See about doing something

Not see that it matters

See somebody right

See somebody coming (a mile off)

Not see the wood for the trees

See your way (clear) to doing something

See eye to eye with

Not see somebody for dust

See red

to become very angry

The thought of Pierre with Nicole had made her see red.

British English informal if you do not see someone for dust, they leave a place very quickly in order to avoid something

37. see eye to eye [usually in negatives] if two people see eye to eye, they agree with each other

We didn't exactly see eye to eye.

I don't always see eye to eye with my father.

see eye to eye on/about

We don't see eye to eye on business issues.

38. seen one... seen them all

informal used to say that something is boring because it is very similar to other things

When you've seen one of these programmes, you've seen them all.

f ormal to be able and willing to do something

Small companies cannot see their way to taking on many trainees.

40. (see and) be seen

to look at or be noticed by important or fashionable people

Royal Ascot is the place to see and be seen.

also not see the forest for the trees American English to be unable to understand what is important in a situation because you are thinking too much about small details rather than the whole situation

42. see something coming

to realize that there is going to be a problem before it actually happens

John's going to have a lot of trouble with him. You can see it coming.

British English spoken to recognize that someone will be easy to trick or deceive

You paid £500 for that! They must have seen you coming!

British English spoken to make sure that someone gets what they need or want, especially money

Just do this for me and I'll see you right. Tell the landlord I sent you and he'll see you right.

s poken to think that something is not important

I can't see that it matters what I think.

46. GAME OF CARDS

[transitive] to risk the same amount of money as your opponent in a card game

see about something phrasal verb

1. to make arrangements or deal with something

I'd better see about dinner.

Claire's gone to see about getting tickets for the concert.

2. we'll see about that

spoken

a) also we'll have to see about that

used to say that you do not know if something will be possible

'I want to go to Joshua's tonight.' 'Well, we'll have to see about that.'

b) also we'll soon see about that

used to say that you intend to stop someone from doing what they were planning to do

see something against something phrasal verb

to consider something together with something else

The unemployment data must be seen against the background of world recession.

see around phrasal verb

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