let us see

English

Phrase

let us see

  1. Formal form of let's see.
    • 1997 January 10, Mimi Sheraton, “In the Village, 50-Year Affair For a Walker Still in Love”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015:
      “When are you going to move out and grow up?” these all-rightniks taunt, as if one action depended on the other. Maybe now's the time, I thought. Let us see. . . .
    • 1997 September 6, Gerald E. Trudeau, “Taxpayer Funds for Arena”, in Los Angeles Times‎[2], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 July 2025:
      Let us see—no NFL teams, and you are going to let the Kings and Lakers leave also. That is what is going to happen if you blow this deal! All we will be left with is...oh, yeah. Nothing!
    • 2020 February 6, James Vanderzon, “Trump is no Truman”, in The Washington Post‎[3], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 8 February 2020:
      In his Feb. 4 op-ed blog excerpt, “Give ’em hell, Donald!,” Henry Olsen attempted to draw parallels between President Harry S. Truman and President Trump. Let us see. Truman coined the phrase “the buck stops here”; Mr. Trump accepts no blame — “It was a perfect call.”
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let,‎ us,‎ see.
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