see stars

idiom

: to see flashes of light usually because one has been hit on the head
I bumped into the wall so hard that I saw stars.

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Friday will see stars including Brothers Osborne, Dasha, Hailey Whitters, Little Big Town, and Midland stop by. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2025 Wanna see stars like Teyana Taylor and Emma Chamberlain grace the carpet? Sam Reed, Glamour, 6 May 2025 No one wants to see stars missing games for bad hits and suspensions, and no one wants that to be what decides a series. James Mirtle, New York Times, 1 May 2025 Expect to see stars begin to arrive on the red carpet around 3:30 p.m. ET, around when much on-air coverage will also begin. Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for see stars

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“See stars.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/see%20stars. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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