(~s, glimpsing, ~d)
1.
If you get a ~ of someone or something, you see them very briefly and not very well.
Some of the fans had waited 24 hours outside the Hyde Park Hotel to catch a ~ of their heroine.
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2.
If you ~ someone or something, you see them very briefly and not very well.
She ~d a group of people standing on the bank of a river.
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3.
A ~ of something is a brief experience of it or an idea about it that helps you understand or appreciate it better.
As university campuses become increasingly multi-ethnic, they offer a ~ of the conflicts society will face tomorrow.
...a ~ into the future.
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