sightsee

sightsee
sightseer, n.
/suyt"see'/, v.i.
1. to go about seeing places and things of interest: In Rome, we only had two days to sightsee.
v.t.
2. to go about seeing the major sights of: We had only two days to sightsee Rome.
[1825-35; back formation from sightseer or SIGHTSEEING]

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