take one's eyes off

English

Verb

take one's eyes off (third-person singular simple present takes one's eyes off, present participle taking one's eyes off, simple past took one's eyes off, past participle taken one's eyes off)

  1. (idiomatic) To stop looking at (something).
    • 1904, Jack London, chapter 32, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:
      The old stomach sickness clutched me. put one hand on the edge of the house to steady myself. My lips seemed suddenly dry and I moistened them against the need of speech. Nor did for an instant take my eyes off him.
    • 1967 April, Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio, “Can't Take My Eyes Off You” (track A5), in Frankie Valli: Solo, performed by Frankie Valli:
      You're just too good to be true / Can't take my eyes off of you / You'd be like heaven to touch / I wanna hold you so much

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