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set eyes on

Idioms  

  1. see lay eyes on.

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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

Vahid hasn’t set eyes on Rashad, but that distinctive sound triggers traumatic memories: He somehow knows this man.

From Los Angeles Times

It was in this post that he first set eyes on Mohenjo-daro in Sindh in 1919.

From BBC

Madison and Borisov share a palpable chemistry from the moment they set eyes on each other in “Anora,” though you could hardly call it a “meet cute.”

From Los Angeles Times

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