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eye to eye

eye to eye is the alternative form of eye-to-eye.

Meaning of eye-to-eye

Adverb

eye-to-eye (comparative more eye-to-eye, superlative most eye-to-eye)

  1. Facing the person under discussion.
    • So in time Mother learned to perceive me through the mirror. Even to smile at me. (Not eye-to-eye! Never.)2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Blonde, page 30

Forms of eye to eye

comparativemore eye to eye
superlativemost eye to eye

Questions about eye to eye

What is eye to eye the alternative form of?
Eye to eye is the alternative form of eye-to-eye.

Words near eye to eye in the dictionary

  1. eye splices
  2. eye stalk
  3. eye teeth
  4. eye test
  5. eye tests
  6. eye to eye
  7. eye tooth
  8. eye tracking
  9. eye up
  10. eye washer
  11. Eye Water

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