know by sight
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He wanted the officers to know by sight that he was a veteran, and someone they could talk to.
From New York Times
Dyslexia’s most visible indicators often don’t emerge until third or fourth grade, when students advance from reading words they know by sight memory and onto more complicated terms.
From Washington Times
How would a state trooper know by sight whether a passenger in a vehicle has a driver’s license?
From Washington Post
Behind them, an enormous mother, in a brown silk dress, and the father, a rather frail little man I know by sight.
From Literature
Know by sight and call ten common birds.
From Project Gutenberg
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