catch sight of

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catch sight of someone or something and catch a glimpse of someone or something

to see someone or something briefly; to get a quick look at someone or something. I caught sight of the plane just before it flew out of sight. Ann caught a glimpse of the robber as he ran out of the bank.

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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			catch as catch can catch at catch at a bad time catch breath catch cold catch dead to rights catch death catch death! catch eye catch fire catch forty winks catch from catch hell catch hold of catch in catch in the act catch it Catch me later catch napping catch off guard catch on catch on the hop catch onto catch out catch red-handed catch sight of catch some rays catch some Zs catch the next wave catch the wave catch to it catch up in catch up on catch with catch with pants down catch you later catch-as-catch-can cater to catty-corner caught caught in the act caught in the crossfire caught in the middle caught short caught unaware caught up in caught with pants down cause cause a stir cause eyebrows to raise and cause some raised eyebrows cause tongues to wag			catch one off catch one off guard catch one's breath catch onto catch onto someone or something catch out catch out catch out catch out catch out Catch Per Angler Day Catch Per Unit Area Catch Per Unit Effort Catch Photograph Release catch phrase catch phrase Catch phrases Catch phrases catch pit catch pit catch platform Catch point Catch points catch question Catch Record Card catch red-handed catch sight catch sight catch sight catch sight catch sight of catch some rays catch some Z's catch some Zs catch some Zs catch some Zs catch some Zs catch some Zs catch someone by surprise catch someone flat-footed catch someone up short catch the attention Catch the Bus catch the devil catch the drift catch the eye catch the next wave Catch the Sewing Bug Catch the Vision catch the wave Catch Them Young Catch title catch to it Catch Twenty Two Catch Twenty Two Catch Twenty Two catch unprepared catch up catch up catch up catch up

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