"see for oneself" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sees for oneself [present, singular, third-person], seeing for oneself [participle, present], saw for oneself [past], seen for oneself [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|see<,,saw,seen> for oneself}} see for oneself (third-person singular simple present sees for oneself, present participle seeing for oneself, simple past saw for oneself, past participle seen for oneself)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To confirm a doubted claim by directly examining it. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Translations (to confirm a claim): sincerarsi (Italian), toccare con mano (Italian), widzieć na własne oczy [imperfective] (Polish), zobaczyć na własne oczy [perfective] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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