Idiom
catch sight of
Meaning
to see for a brief period; to get a glimpse of
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I caught sight of a rare bird in the garden.”
“We waited for hours in the dark, hoping to catch sight of the deer near the forest edge.”
“As the thick morning fog finally began to lift, the sailors caught sight of the distant lighthouse guiding them safely toward the harbor.”
Examples
simple
“I caught sight of a rare bird in the garden.”
contextual
“We waited for hours in the dark, hoping to catch sight of the deer near the forest edge.”
complex
“As the thick morning fog finally began to lift, the sailors caught sight of the distant lighthouse guiding them safely toward the harbor.”
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