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. Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context You have heard of beautiful young ladies falling in love at first sight, and have thought it natural enough. The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context 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. The Hunting of the Snark by Carroll, Lewis View in context			at any price at any rate at bay at beck and call at best at close range at convenience at cross purposes at cross-purposes at death's door at doorstep at each other's throats at earliest convenience at ease at elbow at every turn at expense at face value at fault at fingertips at first at first blush at first glance at first hand at first light at first sight at full blast at full speed at full strength at full stretch at great length at half-mast at hand at hazard at heart at heels at home at home with at issue at it again at knee at large at last at least at least so many at leisure at length at liberty at loggerheads at loose ends at low ebb			at expense at face value at father's knee at father's knee at father's knee at fault at fault at fault at fault at fault at feet at feet at feet at feet at fingertips at fingertips at fingertips at fingertips at first at first at first at first blush at first blush at first glance at first glance at first glance at first glance at first hand at first hand At First Light at first sight at first view at foot at foot at foot at foot At full at full blast at full blast at full blast at full blast at full blast at full pelt at full pelt at full pelt at full pelt At full sea at full speed at full strain at full strain at full strain at full strain at full strength at full stretch at full throttle at full tilt at full tilt at full tilt at full tilt At gaze At grade

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