lay eyes on

lay eyes on
verb
see with attention (Freq. 1)
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behold Christ!

Syn: ↑behold
Derivationally related forms: ↑beholder (for: ↑behold)
Hypernyms: ↑see
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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SEE, spot, observe, regard, view, catch sight of; informal clap/set eyes on; poetic/literary behold, espy, descry.
lay

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phrasal
: to catch sight of : see

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set/lay/clap/eyes on phrase
to see someone or something, especially for the first time

I have no wish to set eyes on this place ever again.

Thesaurus: to see or not see someone or somethingsynonym
Main entry: eye

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I lay (or set or clap) eyes on

Harry has not laid eyes on Alice for twenty years

II
see eye

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lay eyes on — see eye, 1
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Main Entry:lay

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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