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lay/set eyes on

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lay/set eyes on someone/something (British, American & Australian, British & Australian)

to see someone or something for the first time. I've loved him ever since I first set eyes on him. I wish I'd never clapped eyes on that money.

See also: eye, lay, set

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lay to rest
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lead by the nose
lead down the garden path
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