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on sight

Idioms

Also, at sight. Immediately upon seeing, as in The soldiers threatened to shoot looters on sight, or He's able to multiply those three-digit figures at sight. [Second half of 1400s]

Example Sentences

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"Operators do a lot of caramel testing, just on sight and on feel. So basically, they walk up to the caramel and just give it a squeeze."

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

A curfew order has also been put in place in parts of Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades and Altadena, giving law enforcement the power to arrest anyone in the restricted areas on sight.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2025

Maybe it's because after "Not Like Us" dropped, Drake's decades-long rap career was effectively considered dead on sight.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2024

Astronomy has long centered on sight, says Kimberly Arcand, visualization scientist at the Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

From National Geographic • Jan. 26, 2024

Or, if you play a transposing instrument48 , work on being able to play C parts on sight.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

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