have eyes on

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English

Verb

have eyes on (third-person singular simple present has eyes on, present participle having eyes on, simple past and past participle had eyes on)

  1. (transitive) To observe.
  2. (transitive) To have under observation through others.
    • 2013, Mark Greaney, Dead Eye:
      That's something CIA hasn't managed to do in five years.” “We've had eyes on him,” Carmichael countered.
    • 2011, S. D. Arnold, Forever This Time, page 66:
      “Jeremy, I thought you guys had eyes on this room. You didn't see this guy at the door?” “It seems someone has peeped our hold card and fed a continuous loop of the hall being empty through our equipment. [] "
  3. (transitive) To have one's eye on.

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