keep eyes peeled

keep eyes peeled
   To keep one's eyes peeled means to watch out very carefully for something.
   

I mislaid my wedding ring at home, so I asked my children to keep their eyes peeled.


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  • keep eyes peeled for something — keep (your) eyes peeled (for (something)) to watch carefully for someone or something. Keep your eyes peeled for a taxi …   New idioms dictionary

  • keep eyes peeled for — keep (your) eyes peeled (for (something)) to watch carefully for someone or something. Keep your eyes peeled for a taxi …   New idioms dictionary

  • keep\ one's\ eyes\ peeled — • keep one s eyes peeled • keep one s eyes skinned v. phr. informal To watch carefully; be always looking. The bird watcher kept his eyes peeled for bluebirds. When the boys walked through the roads, they kept their eyes skinned for snakes.… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • keep your eyes peeled for something — keep (your) eyes peeled (for (something)) to watch carefully for someone or something. Keep your eyes peeled for a taxi …   New idioms dictionary

  • keep your eyes peeled for — keep (your) eyes peeled (for (something)) to watch carefully for someone or something. Keep your eyes peeled for a taxi …   New idioms dictionary

  • keep (your) eyes peeled — (for (something)) to watch carefully for someone or something. Keep your eyes peeled for a taxi …   New idioms dictionary

  • keep (your) eyes peeled — keep (your) eyes peeled/skinned informal to watch very carefully for something. Keep your eyes peeled for a signpost. (often + for) …   New idioms dictionary

  • keep your eyes peeled — If you keep your eyes peeled, you stay alert or watchful …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • keep one's eyes peeled — keep your eyes peeled for a light blue Pontiac Syn: keep a (sharp) lookout, look out, keep one s eyes open, keep watch, be watchful, be alert, be on the alert, be on the qui vive, be on guard …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • keep your eyes peeled (for somebody) — keep your ˈeyes peeled/skinned (for sb/sth) idiom to look carefully for sb/sth • We kept our eyes peeled for any signs of life. Main entry: ↑eyeidiom …   Useful english dictionary

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