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[peter123]

Hi there,

I don't understand the meaning of 'saw' in the following sentence.

'The crisis saw the US and Soviet Union go to the brink o'f nuclear war.'

thanks
pete

[riverkid]

Hi there,

I don't understand the meaning of 'saw' in the following sentence.

'The crisis saw the US and Soviet Union go to the brink o'f nuclear war.'

thanks
pete

Hmmmmmm, that's a brain twister, Pete. Basically it means,

The crisis that happened allowed us to see the US and ...

Maybe 'crisis' is being personified here. The crisis [along with the rest of us] watched as the US and the ... .