one eye on

1. 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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Layoffs and corporate redundancies have long been a common occurrence in this industry’s modern era, and it seems everyone I know has one eye on the ax that swings around us like a boomerang at all times.

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With one eye on crucial elections in Scotland and Wales in May, the Labour leader said: "I'm not just proud of the union jack and the cross of St George, I'm also proud of the Saltire, proud of the Red Dragon, proud of our union."

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With World Cup qualifiers looming, he may have had one eye on breaking into Thomas Tuchel's England first team, but it all changed with the signing of giant goalkeeper Donnarumma.

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Isak's half-time departure against the Saints was likely because Slot had one eye on the weekend as well, so may have already been planning to give him more game time at Crystal Palace.

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“People are reading, but they also have one eye on the cats as they’re reading. I’d be curious asking people, like, how far into their book they actually get.”

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