lay/set eyes on

lay/set eyes on
lay/set eyes on (or Brit clap eyes on)
: to see or look at (someone or something)

I hope never to lay eyes on him again!

We liked the house from the moment we set eyes on it. [=the moment when we first saw it]

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Main Entry:eye

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  • set eyes on someone — lay/set eyes on (someone/something) British, American & Australian, British & Australian to see someone or something for the first time. I ve loved him ever since I first set eyes on him. I wish I d never clapped eyes on that money …   New idioms dictionary

  • set eyes on something — lay/set eyes on (someone/something) British, American & Australian, British & Australian to see someone or something for the first time. I ve loved him ever since I first set eyes on him. I wish I d never clapped eyes on that money …   New idioms dictionary

  • set eyes on — lay/set eyes on (someone/something) British, American & Australian, British & Australian to see someone or something for the first time. I ve loved him ever since I first set eyes on him. I wish I d never clapped eyes on that money …   New idioms dictionary

  • set eyes on somebody — clap/lay/set eyes on sb/sth idiom (informal) (usually used in negative sentences) to see sb/sth • I haven t clapped eyes on them for weeks. • I hope I never set eyes on this place again! …   Useful english dictionary

  • set eyes on something — clap/lay/set eyes on sb/sth idiom (informal) (usually used in negative sentences) to see sb/sth • I haven t clapped eyes on them for weeks. • I hope I never set eyes on this place again! …   Useful english dictionary

  • set\ eyes\ on — • lay eyes on • set eyes on v. phr. To see. She knew he was different as soon as she laid eyes on him. I didn t know the man; in fact, I had never set eyes on him …   Словарь американских идиом

  • set eyes on — phrasal : to catch sight of : behold, see fell in love the first time he set eyes on her * * * set eyes on To see, catch sight of • • • Main Entry: ↑set * * * set/lay/ …   Useful english dictionary

  • To set eyes on — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • clap/lay/set eyes on — (informal) SEE, observe, notice, spot, spy, catch sight of, glimpse, catch/get a glimpse of; poetic/literary behold, espy, descry. → eye …   Useful english dictionary

  • set eyes on — See: LAY EYES ON …   Dictionary of American idioms

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