have an eye out (for someone or something)

have an eye out (for someone or something)
keep an eye out (for someone or something) & have an eye out (for someone or something) & keep one's eye out (for someone or something) & have one's eye out (forsomeone or something)
Fig. to watch for the arrival or appearance of someone or something. (See also keep one's eyes open (for someone or something).) •

Please try to have an eye out for the bus.

Keep an eye out for rain.

Have your eye out for a raincoat on sale.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • eye — or private eye [ī] n. [ME ey, eie < OE ēage, akin to Ger auge < IE base * okw , to see > Gr osse, eyes, ōps, face, eye, L oculus] 1. the organ of sight in humans and animals 2. a) the eyeball b) the iris [brown eyes] …   English World dictionary

  • eye — eye1 W1S1 [aı] n ↑ear, ↑nose, ↑tooth, ↑eye ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(for seeing with)¦ 2¦(way of seeing/understanding)¦ 3 keep an eye on something/somebody 4 have/keep your eye on somebody 5 eye contact 6 keep/have one eye/half an eye on somebody/something …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • eye — I UK [aɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms eye : singular eye plural eyes *** 1) a) one of the two body parts in your face that you use for seeing Close your eyes and go to sleep. He gazed into her eyes as she spoke. The suspect is in his… …   English dictionary

  • eye — /aɪ / (say uy) noun (plural eyes) 1. the organ of sight or vision. 2. all the structures situated within or near the orbit which assist the organ of vision. 3. this organ with respect to the colour of the iris: blue eyes. 4. the region… …  

  • eye*/*/*/ — [aɪ] noun [C] I 1) one of the two parts of your face that you use for seeing Close your eyes and go to sleep.[/ex] He gazed into her eyes as she spoke.[/ex] He has blond hair and blue eyes.[/ex] 2) used for talking about the expression on someone …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • eye — eyeable, adj. eyelike, adj. eyer, n. /uy/, n., pl. eyes, (Archaic) eyen or eyne; v., eyed, eying or eyeing. n. 1. the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans… …   Universalium

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