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at first sight

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at first sight
when someone or something is seen for the first time For my brother and sister-in-law, it was love at first sight. At first sight I thought the test was easy, but there were some tricky questions.
Related vocabulary: at first glance
See also: first, sight


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De Courcy; I am really delighted with him; he is full as handsome, I think, as Mainwaring, and with such an open, good-humoured countenance, that one cannot help loving him at first sight.
You have heard of beautiful young ladies falling in love at first sight, and have thought it natural enough.
But the danger was past--they had landed at last, With their boxes, portmanteaus, and bags: Yet at first sight the crew were not pleased with the view, Which consisted to chasms and crags.
 
 
 
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