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eyetooth
[ ahy-tooth ]
noun
- Dentistry. a canine tooth of the upper jaw: so named from its position under the eye.
eyetooth
/ ˌaɪˈtuːθ /
noun
- either of the two canine teeth in the upper jaw
- give one's eyeteeth forto go to any lengths to achieve or obtain (something)
I'd give my eyeteeth for a radio as good as that
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Idioms and Phrases
- cut one's eyeteeth,
- to gain sophistication or experience; become worldly-wise.
- Also cut one's eyeteeth on. to be initiated or gain one's first experience in (a career, hobby, skill, etc.).
- give one's eyeteeth, to give something one considers very precious, usually in exchange for an object or situation one desires:
She would give her eyeteeth for that job.
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Example Sentences
You might have let them all in, you might have landed them all—so they tell me, at least—if you'd have withdrawn Eyetooth.
I dreamed, says Ismena, mine eyetooth was loose, and that I thrust it out with my tongue.
And in the same motion his white eyetooth scored a deep furrow in the side of the charging foe.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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