# set eyes on

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/set-eyes-on
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To see; to observe.

## Examples

- I loved that house the moment I set eyes on it.
- She had never set eyes on such a beautiful landscape until she traveled to the mountains last summer.
- From the moment he first set eyes on the ancient manuscript, he knew that his life’s work would be to translate its hidden secrets.

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