to have a ringside seat

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• ringside seat — If you have a ringside seat, you can observe something from a very close and clear position …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• ringside seat —    If you have a ringside seat, you can observe something from a very close and clear position.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Ringside seat —   If you have a ringside seat, you can observe something from a very close and clear position …   Dictionary of English idioms

• ringside seat — noun first row of seating; has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring • Syn: ↑ringside • Hypernyms: ↑seating, ↑seats, ↑seating room, ↑seating area * * * ringside seat or ringside view …   Useful english dictionary

• (a) ringside seat — if you have a ringside seat, you are in a good position to watch what is happening at an event. If there s going to be a confrontation between management and the unions, I d like a ringside seat …   New idioms dictionary

• ringside — [[t]rɪ̱ŋsaɪd[/t]] 1) N SING The ringside is the area around the edge of a circus ring, boxing ring, or show jumping ring. Most of the top British trainers were at the ringside. 2) ADJ: ADJ n If you have a ringside seat or a ringside view, you are …   English dictionary

• ringside view — ringside seat or ringside view noun (figurative) (a position which allows one to have) a very clear view • • • Main Entry: ↑ring …   Useful english dictionary

• seat — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 for sitting on ADJECTIVE ▪ available, empty, spare, vacant ▪ There were no empty seats left in the hall. ▪ Do you have a spare seat in your car? …   Collocations dictionary

• seat — n. place to sit 1) to take one s seat 2) to assign seats 3) to book (esp. BE), reserve a seat 4) to give up, relinquish; keep one s seat 5) a box; bucket; car; front row; jump; ringside seat 6) a rumble seat (AE; BE has dicky) 7) the driver s… …   Combinatory dictionary

• seat — seat1 W1S2 [si:t] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(place to sit)¦ 2¦(official position)¦ 3¦(part of a chair)¦ 4 baby/child/car seat 5 seat of government/power 6 seat of learning 7¦(clothes)¦ 8 take a back seat (to somebody/something) 9 on the edge of your seat …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• ringside — I. noun Date: 1866 1. the area just outside a ring especially in which a contest occurs 2. a place from which one may have a close view II. adjective Date: 1896 being at the ringside < a ringside seat > …   New Collegiate Dictionary