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keep an eye out

idiom
Meaning

To watch for or look out for.


Examples
SIMPLE

Please keep an eye out for my keys.

CONTEXTUAL

Keep an eye out for the delivery truck while I am in the kitchen.

COMPLEX

The researchers must keep an eye out for any unusual patterns in the data that might suggest a flaw in their original hypothesis.

Anchors to
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  1. 01

    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.

  2. 02

    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.

  3. 03

    blink of an eye

    A moment (a very short period of time).

  4. 04

    camel through the eye of a needle

    Hyperbole to illustrate something that is impossible to do or to make happen.

  5. 05

    catch someone's eye

    To capture someone's attention.

  6. 06

    catch the eye

    To attract the attention

  7. 07

    close one eye

    to look the other way, to deliberately ignore or overlook (a mistake or transgression).

  8. 08

    cobbler, keep to your last

    One should not criticise matters outside one's field of expertise; one should mind one's business.

Last updated April 17, 2026