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takes one's eyes off

takes one's eyes off is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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Takes one's eyes off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take one's eyes off.

Words near takes one's eyes off in the dictionary

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

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