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taken one's eyes off

taken one's eyes off is the past participle of take one's eyes off.

Meaning of take one's eyes off

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To stop looking at (something).
    • The old stomach sickness clutched me. put one hand on the edge of the house to steady myself. My lips seemed suddenly dry and I moistened them against the need of speech. Nor did for an instant take my eyes off him.1904, Jack London, chapter 32, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC

Questions about taken one's eyes off

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

Words near taken one's eyes off in the dictionary

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

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