keep an eye out
To watch for or look out for.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“Please keep an eye out for my keys.”
“Keep an eye out for the delivery truck while I am in the kitchen.”
“The researchers must keep an eye out for any unusual patterns in the data that might suggest a flaw in their original hypothesis.”
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an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting of an identical injury on that person.
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apple of someone's eye
The object of somebody's affections; a person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers; a favorite, a loved one.
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blink of an eye
A moment (a very short period of time).
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camel through the eye of a needle
Hyperbole to illustrate something that is impossible to do or to make happen.
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catch someone's eye
To capture someone's attention.
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catch the eye
To attract the attention
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close one eye
to look the other way, to deliberately ignore or overlook (a mistake or transgression).
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cobbler, keep to your last
One should not criticise matters outside one's field of expertise; one should mind one's business.
Last updated August 10, 2026