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lay eyes on

lay eyes on verb: to see; look at; glimpse.

Verb

lay eyes on (third-person singular simple present lays eyes on, present participle laying eyes on, simple past and past participle laid eyes on)

  1. (idiomatic) To see; look at; glimpse.
    • Had he seen her once? He debated that a moment. No. The habits of long service years had made him note and remember people. He knew that if ever he had laid eyes on her lovely face, he would never have forgotten.1927, William Byron Mowery, Pirates Of The Muskeg
    • I remember back in school / When I first laid my eyes on you / I saw your smile and knew right then and there1980, Teena Marie, “Young Love”, in Irons in the Fire

lay eyes on meaning in Bengali and Malayalam

lay eyes on in Bengali

দেখা, তাকানো, একপলক দেখা

lay eyes on in Malayalam

see, spot, observe
ദൃഷ്ടിപതിപ്പിക്കുക, കണ്ണുവയ്ക്കുക, കണ്ണെറിയുക, കാണുക, ദൃഷ്ടിയിൽപെടുക, കണ്ടുപിടിക്കുക

Forms of lay eyes on

third-person singular presentlays eyes on
present participlelaying eyes on
past participlelaid eyes on
pastlaid eyes on
alternative formlay one's eyes on

Questions about lay eyes on

What does lay eyes on mean?
Lay eyes on means to see; look at; glimpse.
What is lay eyes on in Bengali?
Lay eyes on in Bengali is দেখা, তাকানো, একপলক দেখা. See Lay eyes on meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is lay eyes on?
Lay eyes on is a verb.
What is the past tense of lay eyes on?
The past tense of lay eyes on is laid eyes on.

Words near lay eyes on in the dictionary

  1. lay down one's life
  2. lay down one's weapons
  3. lay down the law
  4. lay down the marker
  5. lay eggs
  6. lay eyes on
  7. lay figure
  8. lay figures
  9. lay for
  10. lay hands on
  11. lay hold of

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lay eyes on (page history and authors); lay eyes on (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lay eyes on (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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