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.
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Branded events at Cannes, Martha’s Vineyard and Sundance have replaced Puff’s bacchanalias, and Michael Rubin’s annual Hamptons White Party is now the place to see and be seen.
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Amy Dubois Barnett, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
The front rows are a place to see and be seen, and the bolder the looks, the more paparazzi and photographers come flocking.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2024
The spa features a traditional white marble Turkish hammam, fitness center, sauna, steam room, and three treatment rooms (including one couple’s room), and the sultry lobby bar transforms from a morning buffet breakfast into a spot to see and be seen in the evening.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2024
Freds, the restaurant at Barneys New York, which was the place to see and be seen during its heyday, and named for Fred Pressman, who founded Barneys in 1923, has been reinvented as a coffee bar during the opening weekend, from Sept. 5 through Sept. 8.
—Sharon Edelson, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
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Amy Dubois Barnett, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
The front rows are a place to see and be seen, and the bolder the looks, the more paparazzi and photographers come flocking.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2024
The spa features a traditional white marble Turkish hammam, fitness center, sauna, steam room, and three treatment rooms (including one couple’s room), and the sultry lobby bar transforms from a morning buffet breakfast into a spot to see and be seen in the evening.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2024
Freds, the restaurant at Barneys New York, which was the place to see and be seen during its heyday, and named for Fred Pressman, who founded Barneys in 1923, has been reinvented as a coffee bar during the opening weekend, from Sept. 5 through Sept. 8.
—Sharon Edelson, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
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“See and be seen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/see%20and%20be%20seen. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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