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See to it   /si tu ɪt/   Listen
See to it

verb
1.
Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something.  Synonyms: ascertain, assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see.  "See that the curtains are closed" , "Control the quality of the product"






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"See to it" Quotes from Famous Books



... directness to the introduction of new characters in the scenes that follow. There is one main theme, one main line of development, in every well constructed story—and only one. See to it that you do not digress from it except as you bring up from the rear other essential parts of the action. There is absolutely no place in the photoplay ...
— Writing the Photoplay • J. Berg Esenwein and Arthur Leeds

... above suspicion even. I ask you, then, if, in the lack of these antagonisms, and with all of these good qualities, living in a State which holds its election in October, the result of which will be decisive, it may be, of the presidential campaign—it is not worth while to see to it that a candidate is nominated against whom nothing can be said, and who is sure to succeed ...
— The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes • James Quay Howard

... "O Goat, if you have called yourself mine, never will I devour you. I will see to it that ...
— The Talking Thrush - and Other Tales from India • William Crooke

... Lola put in. "I, personally, will see to it that every bomber and fighter plane they now have goes to the third moon. It will be your responsibility to see to it that ...
— The Galaxy Primes • Edward Elmer Smith

... best in the house, suh," asserted the Colonel, with expansive wave of his thick hand. He spat accurately into the convenient spittoon. "It is a front room, suh. Number Six is known as very choice, and I congratulate you, suh. I myself will see to it that you shall have your bed to yourself, if you entertain objections to doubling up. We are, suh, a trifle crowded in Benton City, just at present, owing to the unprecedented influx of new citizens. You must remember, suh, that we are less than one month old, and we ...
— Desert Dust • Edwin L. Sabin


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