take one's eyes off

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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)

(idiomatic) To stop looking at (something).
- 1967 April, Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio (lyrics and music), “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

Translations

to stop looking at

Hungarian: leveszi a szemét
Swedish: släppa ur sikte (sv)

Further reading

“take one's eyes off”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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