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taken one's eye off the ball

taken one's eye off the ball is the past participle 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.

Questions about taken one's eye off the ball

What is taken one's eye off the ball the past participle of?
Taken one's eye off the ball is the past participle of take one's eye off the ball.

Words near taken one's eye off the ball in the dictionary

  1. taken one's chance
  2. taken one's courage in both hands
  3. taken one's cue from
  4. taken one's custom elsewhere
  5. taken one's ease
  6. taken one's eye off the ball
  7. taken one's eyes off
  8. taken one's eyes off the ball
  9. taken one's half out of the middle
  10. taken one's hat off to
  11. taken one's hook

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