Citations:see out

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English citations of see out

  • 2002 October 15, B.J. Gallagher, Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Other Women, Mango Media, →ISBN:
    he feels secure that he has plenty of money to see him out — he won't outlive his savings! The downside is that he worries about not getting the best possible deal; he sometimes hesitates on investments too long, fearful of losing money, and then misses the opportunity entirely.
  • 2012 March 1, Honor Molloy, Smarty Girl: Dublin Savage, Gemma, →ISBN, page 179:
    Life. He's perished with it. / Is he very near the last? / At the backend of it, I'd say. With the prostate, the lungs, the liver. He's already half-ghost. / Can't we have another tomorrow? / This night will see him out. / God-God-God and God-God-God, please save him. [] The average stay was four to six years, when they died. When death arrived, they'd send for Burke and Hare. Burke was tall in a workhouse suit and []