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saw things

saw things is the simple past of see things.

Meaning of see things

Verb

see things (third-person singular simple present sees things, present participle seeing things, simple past saw things, past participle seen things)

  1. (idiomatic) To imagine that one sees things that are not actually present; to have visual hallucinations.
    • It was there before. I think I'm seeing things.
    Synonyms:
    shit
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see see, thing.

Questions about saw things

What is saw things the simple past of?
Saw things is the simple past of see things.

Words near saw things in the dictionary

  1. saw the same way
  2. saw the trees through the forest
  3. saw the way clear to
  4. saw the woods for the trees
  5. saw the world
  6. saw things
  7. saw through
  8. saw through a millstone
  9. saw to
  10. saw to it
  11. saw tooth

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