look in the eye

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look somebody in the eye/eyes

to look directly at someone without fear or shame Look me in the eyes and tell me the truth. I felt so embarrassed - I just couldn't look him in the eye.

See also: eye, look

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The rosy man had grown pale; his flesh had fallen away; he was visibly balder and older; and yet it was not so much these tokens of a swift physical decay that arrested the lawyer's notice, as a look in the eye and quality of manner that seemed to testify to some deep-seated terror of the mind. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context I had resigned the hope of cleansing his name from the stain that rested on it--a stain still, no matter how little it might look in the eye of the Law. Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context I would put myself in the attitude to look in the eye an abstract truth, and I cannot. Essays, First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context			look around for look around some place look as if butter wouldn't melt in mouth look aside look askance at look at look at cross-eyed look away look back Look before you leap look beyond look daggers at look down look down nose at look down on look fit to kill look for look for high and low look for trouble look forward to look good on paper look here look high and low look in look in on look in the eye look in the face look into look like look like a drowned rat look like a saddle on a sow look like something the cat brought in look like the cat dragged in look like the cat that swallowed the canary Look lively! Look me up when you're in town look on look on as look on the bright side look on with look out look out for look over look right through Look sharp! look the other way look the part look through look to look to be look to for			look forward to look forward to look forward to look forward to look forward to Look Forward to Hearing from You Look Good Feel Better Look Good Naked look good on paper Look Good See Better Look Good While Driving Look Hawaii Magazine Look Here Look Here Look Here Look Here Look Here look here! look here! look here! look here! look high and low Look in Look in Look In My Eyes, Does It Look Like I Give A Flip look in on look in on look in on look in on look in on look in the eye look in the eyes look in the face look in the face look in the face look in the face look in the face Look In The Friggin' Manual Look Inquire Note Know Look Inside Always look into look into look into look into look into Look Into Me Eyes Does It Look Like I Give A Flip look like look like look like a candidate for a pair of wings look like a case of something look like a drowned rat look like a million dollars look like a million dollars look like a ringer look like a saddle on a sow look like death warmed over look like something the cat brought in look like something the cat dragged in look like the cat brought look like the cat brought look like the cat brought

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