see someone right

verb

to satisfy someone

Meanings

verbsee 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)

present singular third person sees someone right · participle present seeing someone right · past saw someone right · participle past seen someone right

  1. UKto satisfy someone

    Throw those curtains wide; one day like this, a year would see me right.

    2008, Elbow (band), One Day Like This (song)
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