Had better and See

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See and had better are semantically related. In some cases you can use "See" instead a verb phrase "Had better".

See verb - To make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes.

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Had better and see are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Had better" instead a verb "See".

Nearby Words: seen, seeing

And again, Flash had better development tools until Adobe Edge appeared (see below).

Source: Useful Notes / Adobe Flash
Incoming Ham: The moment you see him fly onto the screen, you had better brace yourself.

Source: Characters / Street Fighter IV
Rollins once related how he had learned of the first Grinderman gig while in Lebanon, flown directly to California to see it, and accosted Cave and the band backstage, telling them how he'd got there and that it had better be good.

Source: Music / Nick Cave

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