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see into

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see someone into something

 and see someone in

to usher or accompany someone into something or some place. Please see her into the room and make sure she is seated where she can hear the speaker. Please see in the speaker and make sure she finds her seat on the stage.

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see into

1. Investigate; see look into.

2. Understand the true character or nature of, as in Mother could see into Mary very well and knew exactly what she was up to. Shakespeare used this idiom in 2 Henry VI (3:1): "Well hath your Highness seen into this duke."

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see into

v.

1. To escort some visitor into a room or building: The butler saw the guests into the room.

2. To perceive the interior of something with or as if with the eye: From his window, he could see into the neighbor's apartment.

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