glimpse

/glɪms/ noun [C]

Translation

› when you see something or someone for a very short time

anlık bakış, gözatma

He caught/got a glimpse of her as she got into the car.1081

glimpse verb [T] › to see something or someone for a very short time

gözüne ilişmek, gözüne takılmak

She glimpsed him out of the corner of her eye.1081

(Definition of glimpse noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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