can see (from) a mile off
can see (from) a mile off
Able to see or predict (something) well in advance of it actually arriving or happening. I can see from a mile off where this conversation is heading. The car is so obnoxiously large that you can see it coming a mile off. Be careful in the big city by yourself—crooks around here can see a wide-eyed rube coming from a mile off.
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