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Phrase(s): see beyond something
1. Lit. to be able to perceive into the distance beyond something. • Can you see beyond the big tree there, where the barn is on the horizon? • I can’t see beyond the end of the road. I think I need glasses. 2. Fig. to be able to imagine the future beyond a certain time or event. • He can’t see beyond the next day—no sense of the future. • Todd is usually able to see beyond his immediate situation. I do not know what happened this time.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs