see through

Meaning

1. Oxford53% of films

   to realize the truth about sb / sth

   I had to see through people's bullshit.

2. Editorial29% of films

   (of a material, garment, or object) transparent, so that what is behind it can be seen

3. Oxford6% of films

   to not give up doing a task, project, etc. until it is finished

In the movies · 37

• I had to see through people's bullshit.Memento2000
• He'd see through such a cheap trick.Monty Python's The Meaning of Life1983
• Maybe he sees through you, like I do.The Bad Seed1956
• Is this see throughFive Feet Apart2019
• I see through this weak act.Deadpool 22018
• "For now we see through a glass darkly,Hillbilly Elegy2020
• That's impossible. He can't see through...Terminator Genisys2015
• You can see through the houses.Barbie2023

Learn it in full scenes

• Barbie2023
  • Barbie Rewrites the Doll Story
  • Barbie's Perfect Day in Barbie Land
  • Ken Beaches Off and Gets Hurt

From the same entry

• for all to see
• let me see see
• see coming
• see for yourself
• see for what they are is
• seeing that
• see you
• you see
• see about
• see in
• see off
• see out

More phrasal verbs

• stand for
• get by
• dress up
• come to
• stay out of
• set out
• meet up
• look out for
• pull yourself together
• miss out
• get through
• check on