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glimpse

/ɡlɪmps/
noun
  1. A brief look, glance, or peek.

    "I only got a glimpse of the car, so I can tell you the colour but not the registration number."

  2. A sudden flash.

  3. A faint idea; an inkling.

verb
  1. To see or view briefly or incompletely.

    "I have only begun to glimpse the magnitude of the problem."

  2. To appear by glimpses.

Synonymscatch sight of, detect, espy, notice, perceive, spot

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