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steal a glance

idiom

To look quickly at someone or something, hoping that nobody notices the action.


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  1. 01

    steal a march

    To gain an advantage unobserved.

  2. 02

    steal someone's heart

    To captivate someone; to mesmerize someone.

  3. 03

    steal someone's identity

    To assume another person's identity, usually to gain access to that person's finances or to frame a person for a crime; to commit identity theft.

  4. 04

    steal someone's thunder

    To appropriate someone's ideas or information, typically in order to look better at that person's expense.

  5. 05

    steal the show

    To be the best performer during a performance.

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