have one eye on someone

have one eye on someone
have/keep one eye on (something/someone) to give part of your attention to one thing or person while also giving your attention to something or someone else.

As he listened to the speaker he kept one eye on the crowd to gauge their response.


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  • have one eye on — phrase to keep looking at or paying attention to someone or something while you are doing something else I had one eye on the clock the whole time. Thesaurus: general words meaning to look or not looksynonym to pay attentionsynonym to look at… …   Useful english dictionary

  • have one eye on something — have/keep one eye on (something/someone) to give part of your attention to one thing or person while also giving your attention to something or someone else. As he listened to the speaker he kept one eye on the crowd to gauge their response …   New idioms dictionary

  • have one eye on — have/keep one eye on (something/someone) to give part of your attention to one thing or person while also giving your attention to something or someone else. As he listened to the speaker he kept one eye on the crowd to gauge their response …   New idioms dictionary

  • have one eye on — to keep looking at or paying attention to someone or something while you are doing something else I had one eye on the clock the whole time …   English dictionary

  • keep one eye on someone — have/keep one eye on (something/someone) to give part of your attention to one thing or person while also giving your attention to something or someone else. As he listened to the speaker he kept one eye on the crowd to gauge their response …   New idioms dictionary

  • with one eye on someone — with one eye on (something/someone) have/keep one eye on (something/someone) to give part of your attention to one thing or person while also giving your attention to something or someone else. She sat writing her letter with one eye on the clock …   New idioms dictionary

  • One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes — is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 130. Andrew Lang included it, as Little One eye, Little Two eyes, and Little Three eyes , in The Green Fairy Book. It is Aarne Thompson type 511. It is an anomalous fairy tale,… …   Wikipedia

  • keep one eye on something — have/keep one eye on (something/someone) to give part of your attention to one thing or person while also giving your attention to something or someone else. As he listened to the speaker he kept one eye on the crowd to gauge their response …   New idioms dictionary

  • keep one eye on — have/keep one eye on (something/someone) to give part of your attention to one thing or person while also giving your attention to something or someone else. As he listened to the speaker he kept one eye on the crowd to gauge their response …   New idioms dictionary

  • with one eye on something — with one eye on (something/someone) have/keep one eye on (something/someone) to give part of your attention to one thing or person while also giving your attention to something or someone else. She sat writing her letter with one eye on the clock …   New idioms dictionary

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