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Definition and synonyms of a keen eye for something from the online English dictionary from Macmillan Education. This is the British English definition of a keen eye for something.View American English definition of a keen eye for something. Change your default dictionary to American English. See also main entry: keenSee also main entry: keen ThesaurusTrending Wordsfor 2.1% blue movie -1.6% put off -2.8%
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FOLLOW US Twitter Facebook Join Macmillan Dictionary on Twitter and Facebook for daily word facts, quizzes and language news. © Macmillan Education Limited 2009–2022 To remain vigilant or carefully watchful for something or someone. They should be arriving any minute, so keep an eye out for them. Keep an eye out for a gift we could give your mother. Keep an eye out for the health inspector. We heard he'll be doing a surprise inspection soon. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights
reserved. Also, keep a sharp lookout for. Be watchful for something or someone, as in Keep an eye out for the potholes in the road, or They told him to keep a sharp lookout for the police. The first expression, sometimes amplified to keep a sharp eye out for, dates from the late 1800s, the variant from the mid-1700s. Also see
have one's eye on, def. 1; keep a weather eye; keep one's eyes open; look out. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine
Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. 1996 Guardian Keep an eye open for kingklip, a delectable fish, and the superb local hake. Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017 |