to visit the famous or interesting sights of (a place)
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sight•see
(sīt′sē′),USA pronunciation v.i.
v.t.
sight′se′er, n.
- to go about seeing places and things of interest:In Rome, we only had two days to sightsee.
v.t.
- to go about seeing the major sights of:We had only two days to sightsee Rome.
- back formation from sightseer or sightseeing 1825–35
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