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lock eyes

lock eyes verb: to stare into the eyes of someone who is staring back into your eyes.

Verb

lock eyes (third-person singular simple present locks eyes, present participle locking eyes, simple past and past participle locked eyes)

  1. To stare into the eyes of someone who is staring back into your eyes.

Forms of lock eyes

third-person singular presentlocks eyes
present participlelocking eyes
past participlelocked eyes
pastlocked eyes

Words that rhyme with lock eyes

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Questions about lock eyes

What does lock eyes mean?
Lock eyes means to stare into the eyes of someone who is staring back into your eyes.
What part of speech is lock eyes?
Lock eyes is a verb.
What is the past tense of lock eyes?
The past tense of lock eyes is locked eyes.

Words near lock eyes in the dictionary

  1. lock and load
  2. lock away
  3. lock convoy
  4. lock convoys
  5. lock down
  6. lock eyes
  7. lock gate
  8. lock gates
  9. Lock Haven
  10. lock horns
  11. lock hospital

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