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see someone right

see someone right verb: to satisfy someone.

Verb

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

  1. (UK) to satisfy someone
    • Throw those curtains wide; one day like this, a year would see me right.2008, Elbow (band), One Day Like This (song)

Forms of see someone right

third-person singular presentsees someone right
present participleseeing someone right
pastsaw someone right
past participleseen someone right

Questions about see someone right

What does see someone right mean?
See someone right means to satisfy someone.
What part of speech is see someone right?
See someone right is a verb.
What is the past tense of see someone right?
The past tense of see someone right is saw someone right.

Words near see someone right in the dictionary

  1. see reason
  2. see red
  3. see sense
  4. see service
  5. see shit
  6. see someone right
  7. see someone's etchings
  8. see something green in one's eye
  9. see something, say something
  10. see stars
  11. see that

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