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lay eyes on someone/something

to see someone or something. She did not want to lay eyes on this man ever again. My mother had fallen in love with my father when she first set eyes on him.

See also: eye, lay

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I didn't want to think or to lay eyes on anybody who was liable to think. John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context Go ahead, if you want to make it your party, but just bear in mind that I'm the navigator, and that, if you ever want to lay eyes on your string of pawnshops, you'd better see that gentle care is taken of me. Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context More results

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I didn't want to think or to lay eyes on anybody who was liable to think.

John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context

Go ahead, if you want to make it your party, but just bear in mind that I'm the navigator, and that, if you ever want to lay eyes on your string of pawnshops, you'd better see that gentle care is taken of me.

Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context

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