Dictionary

see out en · VERB

Meanings

1. (formal, transitive) To accompany a guest to the door when he or she leaves (also used figuratively).
   • I saw that boy into the world and I will see him out.
   • Please see our guest out.
2. (transitive) To continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion.
   • It turns out that, in journalistic terms, and especially at the FT, where many staff see out their entire careers, seven years is nothing. 2023 November 25, Rebecca Rose, “How old is too old for a profile pic?”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22:
   • The surviving units are now seeing out their final days on the Coastway route in Sussex, operated by Southern. 2022 December 14, Kim Fullbrook, “Sunset draws near for long-serving '313s'”, in RAIL, number 972, page 36:
   • I'll never give up. I'm going to see this thing out.
   • Life. He's perished with it. / Is he very near the last? / At the backend of it, I'd say. With the prostate, the lungs, the liver. He's already half-ghost. / Can't we have another tomorrow? / This night will see him out. / God-God-God and God-God-God, please save him. […] The average stay was four to six years, when they died. When death arrived, they'd send for Burke and Hare. 2012 March 1, Honor Molloy, Smarty Girl: Dublin Savage, Gemma, →ISBN, page 179:

Forms

Coordinates

carry out

Deriveds

I'll see myself out

Synonyms

see through

Translations (16)

hu végignéz (to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion) · it portare a termine (to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion) · pl odprowadzić do wyjścia (to accompany (a guest) to the door) · hu kikísér (to accompany (a guest) to the door) · nb se ut (to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion) · nb anpasse en situasjon (to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion) · nb avstemme (to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion) · it accompagnare (to accompany (a guest) to the door) · hu megvárja/kivárja a végét (to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion) · pl odprowadzać do wyjścia (to accompany (a guest) to the door) · hu kitart a végéig (to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion) · pl przetrwać (to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion) · eo elakompani (to accompany (a guest) to the door) · hu végigcsinál (to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion) · hu végigvisz (to continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion) · es acompañar (to accompany (a guest) to the door)