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see a way clear to

see a way clear to is the alternative form of see one's way clear to.

Meaning of see one's way clear to

Verb

see one's way clear to (third-person singular simple present sees one's way clear to, present participle seeing one's way clear to, simple past saw one's way clear to, past participle seen one's way clear to)

  1. (idiomatic) To manage to commit oneself to (a decision or course of action).
    • [N]othing but revenge was on the cards, and he could not see his way clear to that.1884, Charles Reade, chapter 17, in A Perilous Secret

Forms of see a way clear to

third-person singular presentsees a way clear to
present participleseeing a way clear to
pastsaw a way clear to
past participleseen a way clear to

Questions about see a way clear to

What is see a way clear to the alternative form of?
See a way clear to is the alternative form of see one's way clear to.

Words near see a way clear to in the dictionary

  1. Sedwicks
  2. see
  3. see a man
  4. see a man about a dog
  5. see a man about a horse
  6. see a way clear to
  7. see a wolf
  8. see about
  9. see after
  10. see also
  11. see an argument

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Adapted from Wiktionary: see a way clear to (page history and authors); see one's way clear to (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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