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in the eye



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Idioms and Phrases

In addition to the idiom beginning with in the eye , also see in one's mind's eye ; in the public eye ; look one in the face (eye) .
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Example Sentences

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In Virginia, I found myself circled by men I didn’t know while a staff-man looked me in the eye and asked what was keeping me from expressing what I really feel.

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Davis, who had covered the NFL for CBS but now is shifting to college football, said the value or detriment of switching schools is in the eye of the evaluator.

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There are three types of cone cells in the eye - S, L and M - and each one is sensitive to different wavelengths of blue, red and green respectively.

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In March, a teen was stabbed in the eye during school hours, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the incident who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

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“I’m getting paid back for 25 years of putting my thumb in the eye of the man,” Carson would say.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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