Recognize
Spy
Spy verb - To make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes.
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Nearby Word: spying
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- He has to know how certain classes behave, recognize certain tactics, know various routes and blind spots on a map and generally play with the opponent's mind, much like a true spy.
Source: Metagame - Even before this, she was forced to work as a child spy for The Empire to support her sickly mother, who due to the sickness either always yells at her or doesn't recognize her.
Source: Alas Poor Villain / Video Games - So pervasive, this sound was even used in Shriek if You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth to ensure audiences would recognize that the object the killer uses to spy on someone in the school bathroom is a periscope.
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