See reason
Adopt a sensible course of action, let oneself be persuaded, as in At ninety Grandma finally saw reason and gave up driving her car. This expression, which uses reason in the sense of “good sense,” was first recorded in Shakespeare’s 1 Henry IV (1:2).
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noun 1. a recreation in which two children alternately ride up and down while seated at opposite ends of a plank balanced at the middle. 2. a plank or apparatus for this recreation. 3. an up-and-down or a back-and-forth movement or procedure. 4. Whist. a crossruff. adjective 5. moving up and down, back and forth, […]
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- See someone off
Take leave of someone, as in We saw our guests off at the door , or They came to the airport to see us off . This expression was first recorded in 1809. Also see see out , def. 1.