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keep one's eyes open

keep one's eyes open verb: to be on the alert; to watch carefully or vigilantly for something.

Verb

keep one's eyes open (third-person singular simple present keeps one's eyes open, present participle keeping one's eyes open, simple past and past participle kept one's eyes open)

  1. To be on the alert; to watch carefully or vigilantly for something.

Synonyms of keep one's eyes open

Forms of keep one's eyes open

third-person singular presentkeeps one's eyes open
present participlekeeping one's eyes open
past participlekept one's eyes open
pastkept one's eyes open

Questions about keep one's eyes open

What does keep one's eyes open mean?
Keep one's eyes open means to be on the alert; to watch carefully or vigilantly for something.
What part of speech is keep one's eyes open?
Keep one's eyes open is a verb.
What is the past tense of keep one's eyes open?
The past tense of keep one's eyes open is kept one's eyes open.

Words near keep one's eyes open in the dictionary

  1. keep one's end up
  2. keep one's eye in
  3. keep one's eye on the ball
  4. keep one's eyeballs peeled
  5. keep one's eyes on the ball
  6. keep one's eyes open
  7. keep one's eyes peeled
  8. keep one's eyes skinned
  9. keep one's fingers crossed
  10. keep one's guard up
  11. keep one's hair on

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