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KEEP ONE'S EYES OPEN

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Dictionary entry overview: What does keep one's eyes open mean?

• KEEP ONE'S EYES OPEN (verb)
The verb KEEP ONE'S EYES OPEN has 1 sense:

1. pay attention; be watchful

Familiarity information: KEEP ONE'S EYES OPEN used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• KEEP ONE'S EYES OPEN (verb)

Sense 1

keep one's eyes open ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Pay attention; be watchful

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

keep one's eyes open; keep one's eyes peeled; keep one's eyes skinned

Context example:

Keep your eyes peeled for any policemen

Hypernyms (to "keep one's eyes open" is one way to...):

look out; watch; watch out (be vigilant, be on the lookout, be on one's guard, be careful)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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