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take one's eyes off the ball

take one's eyes off the ball is the alternative form of take one's eye off the ball.

Meaning of take one's eye off the ball

Verb

take one's eye off the ball (third-person singular simple present takes one's eye off the ball, present participle taking one's eye off the ball, simple past took one's eye off the ball, past participle taken one's eye off the ball)

  1. (idiomatic) To lose one's concentration on what is most important.
    • One of the keys to success in business is never to take your eye off the ball.

Forms of take one's eyes off the ball

third-person singular presenttakes one's eyes off the ball
present participletaking one's eyes off the ball
pasttook one's eyes off the ball
past participletaken one's eyes off the ball

Questions about take one's eyes off the ball

What is take one's eyes off the ball the alternative form of?
Take one's eyes off the ball is the alternative form of take one's eye off the ball.

Words near take one's eyes off the ball in the dictionary

  1. take one's cue from
  2. take one's custom elsewhere
  3. take one's ease
  4. take one's eye off the ball
  5. take one's eyes off
  6. take one's eyes off the ball
  7. take one's football and go home
  8. take one's half out of the middle
  9. take one's hat off to
  10. take one's hook
  11. take one's kit off

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