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took one's eyes off

took one's eyes off is the simple past 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 took one's eyes off

What is took one's eyes off the simple past of?
Took one's eyes off is the simple past of take one's eyes off.

Words near took one's eyes off in the dictionary

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

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