I caught sight of the plane just before it flew out of sight.
•Ann caught a glimpse of the robber as he ran out of the bank.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
catch sight of someone — catch sight of (someone/something) to see someone or something only for a moment. I caught sight of someone with red hair and knew it was you … New idioms dictionary
catch sight of something — catch sight of (someone/something) to see someone or something only for a moment. I caught sight of someone with red hair and knew it was you … New idioms dictionary
catch sight of — (someone/something) to see someone or something only for a moment. I caught sight of someone with red hair and knew it was you … New idioms dictionary
get an eyeball on someone or something — tv. to manage to spot someone or something; to catch sight of someone or something. □ When I finally got an eyeball on the speeding car, it was too far away for me to read the license plate. □ When ane first got an eyeball on her blind date, she… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
catch — catch1 [ kætʃ ] (past tense and past participle caught [ kɔt ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 stop and hold something/someone ▸ 2 stop someone escaping ▸ 3 find and arrest ▸ 4 (hunt and) stop animal ▸ 5 get on public vehicle ▸ 6 discover someone doing something… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
catch — I UK [kætʃ] / US verb Word forms catch : present tense I/you/we/they catch he/she/it catches present participle catching past tense caught UK [kɔːt] / US [kɔt] past participle caught *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to stop and hold something… … English dictionary
sight — [[t]sa͟ɪt[/t]] ♦♦ sights, sighting, sighted 1) N UNCOUNT: oft poss N Someone s sight is their ability to see. My sight is failing, and I can t see to read any more... I use the sense of sound much more than the sense of sight. Syn … English dictionary
sight — sight1 [ saıt ] noun *** 1. ) uncount the ability to see using your eyes: EYESIGHT, VISION: I m having laser treatment to improve my sight. Wolf spiders hunt mainly by sight. => SECOND SIGHT a ) the act of seeing something: sight of: I can t… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sight — I UK [saɪt] / US noun Word forms sight : singular sight plural sights *** 1) [uncountable] the ability to see using your eyes Wolf spiders hunt mainly by sight. I m having laser treatment to improve my sight. He has lost 75 per cent of his sight… … English dictionary
sight — ► NOUN 1) the faculty or power of seeing. 2) the action or fact of seeing someone or something. 3) the area or distance within which someone can see or something can be seen. 4) a thing that one sees or that can be seen. 5) (sights) places of… … English terms dictionary
catch — catch1 W1S1 [kætʃ] v past tense and past participle caught [ko:t US ko:t] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(take and hold)¦ 2¦(find/stop somebody)¦ 3¦(see somebody doing something)¦ 4¦(illness)¦ 5 catch somebody by surprise/catch somebody off guard 6 catch somebody… … Dictionary of contemporary English
