see fit

/ˌsiː ˈfɪt/

verb

to deem appropriate

Meanings

verbsee fit (third-person singular simple present sees fit, present participle seeing fit, simple past saw fit, past participle seen fit)

present singular third person sees fit · participle present seeing fit · past saw fit · participle past seen fit

  1. to deem appropriate

    Shepard: Don't tell me how to do my job! Tevos: You are free to act as you see fit, Commander. Our role is to offer guidance and advice. Sparatus: It's up to you if you're smart enough to listen.

    2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-1
    1 more example

    [Harry] Kane was the victim in incidents plucked straight from the world of wrestling in each half, and on neither occasion did any of the officials – on the pitch or in the VAR booth – see fit to intervene in what were obvious penalties.

    2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2019

Translations

Hungarian jónak lát
  • jónak látTranslations
Spanish tener a bien
  • tener a bienTranslations
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Chicago

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