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Synonyms

set eyes on

Idioms  

  1. see lay eyes on.

Example Sentences

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The star of the show was an elephant, and I knew as soon as I set eyes on her that it was Marlene.

From Literature

Some of us had never set eyes on her.

From Literature

Molly’s meals were known, on occasion, to propose marriage to her in the brief interval between when she set eyes on them and when she took a first bite.

From Literature

Jeff Siegrist was a student at the University of Tennessee when he first set eyes on her at a Knoxville dealership.

From The Wall Street Journal

That changed the moment he set eyes on Kyle Field, Texas A&M’s 103,000-seat cathedral of college football.

From The Wall Street Journal

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