set+eyes+on

  • 111lay eyes on — or[set eyes on] {v. phr.} To see. * /She knew he was different as soon as she laid eyes on him./ * /I didn t know the man; in fact, I had never set eyes on him./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 112lay eyes on someone — 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 …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 113lay eyes on something — 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 …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 114lay eyes on — 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 …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 115clap eyes on somebody — clap/lay/set eyes on sb/sth idiom (informal) (usually used in negative sentences) to see sb/sth • I haven t clapped eyes on them for weeks. • I hope I never set eyes on this place again! …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 116lay eyes on somebody — clap/lay/set eyes on sb/sth idiom (informal) (usually used in negative sentences) to see sb/sth • I haven t clapped eyes on them for weeks. • I hope I never set eyes on this place again! …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 117clap eyes on something — clap/lay/set eyes on sb/sth idiom (informal) (usually used in negative sentences) to see sb/sth • I haven t clapped eyes on them for weeks. • I hope I never set eyes on this place again! …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 118lay eyes on something — clap/lay/set eyes on sb/sth idiom (informal) (usually used in negative sentences) to see sb/sth • I haven t clapped eyes on them for weeks. • I hope I never set eyes on this place again! …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 119close-set — adjective close set eyes are near to each other: Lessing s angry, close set eyes followed him …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 120lay eyes on someone — 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 …

    New idioms dictionary