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gives someone the eye

gives someone the eye is the third-person singular simple present indicative of give someone the eye.

Meaning of give someone the eye

Verb

give someone the eye (third-person singular simple present gives someone the eye, present participle giving someone the eye, simple past gave someone the eye, past participle given someone the eye)

  1. (idiomatic) To show flirtatious signs or sexual interest/attraction with one's eyes.
    • I saw him giving me the eye as soon as I entered the bar.
    Synonyms:
    eye up, give someone the glad eye
  2. (idiomatic) To give someone the stink eye.
    • I saw him giving me the eye as soon as I entered the office.
  3. (idiomatic) To give someone the evil eye.
    • I saw him giving me the eye as soon as I entered the town square.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see give, someone, the, eye; for example, to hand someone the eye of a hook and eye.

Questions about gives someone the eye

What is gives someone the eye the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gives someone the eye is the third-person singular simple present indicative of give someone the eye.

Words near gives someone the eye in the dictionary

  1. gives someone the brush-off
  2. gives someone the business
  3. gives someone the chair
  4. gives someone the cold shoulder
  5. gives someone the creeps
  6. gives someone the eye
  7. gives someone the gears
  8. gives someone the heave-ho
  9. gives someone the old heave-ho
  10. gives someone the runaround
  11. gives someone the shits

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