see through sb/sth
— phrasal verb with see /siː/ verb (present participle seeing, past tense saw, past participle seen)Definition
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B2 to realize that someone is trying to deceive you to get an advantage, or that someone's behaviour is intended to deceive you, and to understand the truth about the situation: They were very friendly, but I quickly saw through them. She saw through his excuse at once.Understanding and comprehending
(Definition of see through sb/sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- appreciate verb (VALUE)
- appreciation noun (VALUE)
- apprehend verb (UNDERSTAND)
- apprehension noun (UNDERSTANDING)
- at your fingertips idiom
- bear in on/upon phrasal verb
- catch on phrasal verb (UNDERSTAND)
- dig verb (APPROVE)
- drift noun (MEANING)
- hit home idiom
- keep up phrasal verb
- know the score idiom
- know/see where sb is coming from idiom
- latch on phrasal verb
- the scales fall from sb's eyes idiom
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- tune noun (UNDERSTANDING)
- wake up to sth phrasal verb
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