see it out

[beachboy]

We have enough coal to see the winter out.
Do I have to say it necessarily before winter starts, or can I say it like three weeks before the end of it?

[5jj]

You can say it at any time.

[BobK]

You may well be right. It would certainly be unambiguous if you said that in the summer. But if it wasn't winter yet I think I'd say something like 'We have enough coal to see us through till the end of winter.'

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