catch sight of

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catch sight of someone/something

to see someone or something only for a moment. I caught sight of someone with red hair and knew it was you.

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When we had finished our prayers and viewed the spectacle, we turned in the direction of the city; and at that instant Polemarchus the son of Cephalus chanced to catch sight of us from a distance as we were starting on our way home, and told his servant to run and bid us wait for him. The Republic by Plato View in context Rostov, with his keen sportsman's eye, was one of the first to catch sight of these blue French dragoons pursuing our Uhlans. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context I would catch sight of it from time to time with a distinct feeling of satisfaction till, one day, I perceived with horror that there were two old pens in there. Tales of Unrest by Conrad, Joseph View in context More results

References in classic literature

When we had finished our prayers and viewed the spectacle, we turned in the direction of the city; and at that instant Polemarchus the son of Cephalus chanced to catch sight of us from a distance as we were starting on our way home, and told his servant to run and bid us wait for him.

The Republic by Plato View in context

Rostov, with his keen sportsman's eye, was one of the first to catch sight of these blue French dragoons pursuing our Uhlans.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

I would catch sight of it from time to time with a distinct feeling of satisfaction till, one day, I perceived with horror that there were two old pens in there.

Tales of Unrest by Conrad, Joseph View in context

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