beady eye
Britishnoun
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The mom of two then climbed upstairs herself to keep a beady eye on both children as they stood on the balcony and surveyed the grounds around them.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
Apes are known for picking locks and keeping a beady eye on their captors, waiting for the day someone forgets to lock the door.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2021
"I suppose that was the nearest to flesh he could get with Miss Stevenson's beady eye on him," she told the Guardian.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2018
Keep a beady eye out for possible downsides.
From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2017
And this, apparently, was what Hesterfowl was inspecting, stopping every so often to peer with a beady eye into a tiny blue vortex.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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