come into sight

come into sight

To suddenly emerge or become visible. I wasn't sure what the bunny was running from, until a dog came into sight. As soon as the boys started shoving each other at recess, several teachers came into sight. We were only playing catch in the house for, like, a minute, but then Mom came into sight and put us in time-out.

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come into sight

 and come into view

to become visible; to move closer so as to be seen. The tall buildings of the city came into sight first. A large herd of elephants came into view in the distance.

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