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at first glance/sight

if something or someone seems a particular way at first glance, they seem that way when you first look at them. The system is more complicated than it appears at first glance.

See also: first, sight

without a backward glance

if you leave without a backward glance, you are completely happy to leave and have no sad feelings about it. She left the city she had lived in all her life without a backward glance.

See also: backward, without

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at a glance

almost immediately. The guide shows at a glance the amount of each type of food that most people need.

Usage notes: often used in newspapers and magazines as the title of a list of important facts: State budget at a glance

at first glance

when first looked at. At first glance the deal looked great, but after reading the contract I wasn't so sure. The twins seem, at first glance, very similar, but they're actually very different.

at first blush

at first sight

See also: first