eyes (verb)

  • 1keep one's eyes open — verb pay attention; be watchful Keep your eyes peeled for any policemen • Syn: ↑keep one s eyes peeled, ↑keep one s eyes skinned • Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism • Hypernyms: ↑watch, ↑ …

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  • 2keep one's eyes peeled — verb pay attention; be watchful Keep your eyes peeled for any policemen • Syn: ↑keep one s eyes skinned, ↑keep one s eyes open • Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism • Hypernyms: ↑watch, ↑ …

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  • 3lay eyes on — verb see with attention (Freq. 1) behold Christ! • Syn: ↑behold • Derivationally related forms: ↑beholder (for: ↑behold) • Hypernym …

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  • 4pull the wool over someone's eyes — verb conceal one s true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well • Syn: ↑bamboozle, ↑snow, ↑hoodwink, ↑lead by the nose, ↑play… …

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  • 5keep one's eyes skinned — verb pay attention; be watchful Keep your eyes peeled for any policemen • Syn: ↑keep one s eyes peeled, ↑keep one s eyes open • Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism • Hypernyms: ↑watch, ↑ …

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  • 6feast one's eyes — verb look at with great enjoyment She feasted her eyes on the Tuscan landscape • Hypernyms: ↑enjoy, ↑bask, ↑relish, ↑savor, ↑savour • Verb Frames: Somebody s PP …

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  • 7have eyes bigger than one's belly — verb To take more food on ones plate than one can eat; to be greedy. His eyes are bigger than his belly …

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  • 8have eyes bigger than one's stomach — verb To take more food on ones plate than one can eat; to be greedy. His eyes are bigger than his stomach …

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  • 9have eyes for — verb To be romantically interested in [someone]. The moon maybe high but I cant see a thing in the sky, Cause I only have eyes for you …

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  • 10have eyes in the back of one's head — verb To be particularly, especially uncannily, observant; a perceived ability to see in all directions at once. Its so busy at our office you need eyes in the back of your head to work there! …

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