open one's eyes
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It is enough to read the papers, and open one's eyes, in order to feel willing to shout along with the French college students: "Power to the imagination!"
From Time Magazine Archive
Sometimes, you know, it takes a big thing to open one’s eyes.
From Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story by Tarrant, Percy
Ah, my friends, might one not learn it at once, if one would but open one’s eyes and look at things as they are?
From Sermons for the Times by Kingsley, Charles
After sleeping, one woke unable to open one's eyes.
From With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia by Ward, John
It was very wicked to open one's eyes during prayer, he knew.
From The Silver Maple by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller
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