to know by sight

to know by sight: to recognize

Examples of TO KNOW BY SIGHT

  • I had a look around but as Jarrod’s Dad is the only one I know by sight it was a bit of a forlorn hope.

  • If everybody doesn’t know everybody by name they’ll certainly know each other by sight.

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to go on

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to go on: to happen; to resume, to continue (also: to keep on) Examples of GO ON We’ll need a lantern to go on, now that night has fallen. I’m unable to go on pretending and I’ve decided to be honest.

to go out

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to go out: to stop functioning; to stop burning; to leave home or work (also:to step out) Examples of GO OUT I bought groceries because it is too expensive to go out to restaurants every night. David was going to go out of town for a few weeks, and so he asked Anna to water…

to burn out

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to burn out: to stop functioning because of overuse; to make tired from toomuck work Examples of TO BURN OUT Nissan says the clutch has burned out after just 1,290 miles and my driving is to blame. The housing market has burned out like a spent comet.

to drop out of

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to drop out of: to stop attending; to withdraw fromThis idiom can be made into the noun form dropout. Examples of TO DROP OUT OF Your article notes that many students drop out of school because they are bored. They were also less likely to drop out of university or fail to obtain a degree.

to throw out

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to throw out: to discard; to remove by force; to refuse to consider, to reject Examples of TO THROW OUT – Instead of throwing out our paper waste in the office, we should recycle it.– When a fight broke out between two people on the dance floor, the management threw them out.