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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)
- (transitive) To observe.
- (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. […] "
- (transitive) To have one's eye on.
Translations
have under observation through others
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