furtive glance

furtive glance

A quick, stealthy look at someone or something. The robbers exchanged a furtive glance when they realized their actions had been caught on the security cameras. I saw that furtive glance! What are you two plotting this time? You idiot! Your furtive glance toward the backseat practically told the cops to search my car!

See also: glance

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furtive glance

a secret or quick glance, quickly averted. He made a furtive glance in the direction of the closet when the robbers asked where the jewelery was hidden.

See also: glance

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.