see and be seen

idiom

: to see and be noticed by important or fashionable people

We go to the club to see and be seen.

Examples of see and be seen in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For Dallas’ Black community in the late 1950s through the 1960s, the Forest Theater was the place to see and be seen, recalls Shirley Rhodes, an 80-year-old South Dallas native who spent Saturdays there during her childhood while engrossed in the cinematic offerings. —Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 14 Feb. 2026

Many are eager to take advantage of the hotel’s proximity to some of the best skiing and hiking in the world, while others are eager to see and be seen. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2026

And that cost can really stack up, especially at one key luxury destination where all the A-listers love to go to see and be seen on the slopes. —Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026

Instead, it was filled with places that exclusively—and famously—catered to a global set of millionaires and billionaires who sought to see and be seen. —Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 23 Dec. 2025

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