see\ out

see\ out
v
1. To go with to an outer door.

A polite man sees his company out after a party.

2. To stay with and finish; not quit.

Pete's assignment was hard but he saw it out to the end.


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  • see out — {v.} 1. To go with to an outer door. * /A polite man sees his company out after a party./ 2. To stay with and finish; not quit. * /Pete s assignment was hard but he saw it out to the end./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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