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have eyes on

have eyes on verb: to observe.

Verb

have eyes on (third-person singular simple present has eyes on, present participle having eyes on, simple past and past participle had eyes on)

  1. (transitive) To observe.
  2. (transitive) To have under observation through others.
    • That's something CIA hasn't managed to do in five years.” “We've had eyes on him,” Carmichael countered.2013, Mark Greaney, Dead Eye
    • “Jeremy, I thought you guys had eyes on this room. You didn't see this guy at the door?” “It seems someone has peeped our hold card and fed a continuous loop of the hall being empty through our equipment.[…]"2011, S. D. Arnold, Forever This Time, page 66
  3. (transitive) To have one's eye on.

Forms of have eyes on

third-person singular presenthas eyes on
present participlehaving eyes on
past participlehad eyes on
pasthad eyes on

Questions about have eyes on

What does have eyes on mean?
Have eyes on means to observe.
What part of speech is have eyes on?
Have eyes on is a verb.
What is the past tense of have eyes on?
The past tense of have eyes on is had eyes on.

Words near have eyes on in the dictionary

  1. have ears
  2. have eyes bigger than one's belly
  3. have eyes bigger than one's stomach
  4. have eyes for
  5. have eyes in the back of one's head
  6. have eyes on
  7. have fingers made of lime-twigs
  8. have form
  9. have full hands
  10. have fun
  11. have fun with Dick and Jane

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