set eyes on somebody

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!

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Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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