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one eye on

Paying some but not full attention to, as in He ran the rehearsal with one eye on the clock. Also see have one's eye on; out of the corner of one's eye; see with half an eye.

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Words nearby one eye on

on edge, one-dimensional, one-down, one-eighty, one-eyed, one eye on, one fell swoop, in, onefold, one foot in the grave, have, one for the books, one for the road
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