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IN THE PUBLIC EYE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does in the public eye mean? 

IN THE PUBLIC EYE (adjective)
  The adjective IN THE PUBLIC EYE has 1 sense:

1. of great interest to the publicplay

  Familiarity information: IN THE PUBLIC EYE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IN THE PUBLIC EYE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of great interest to the public

Context example:

a person in the public eye

Similar:

public (not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole)


 Context examples 


I was the first that could plod in the public eye with a load of genial respectability, and in a moment, like a schoolboy, strip off these lendings and spring headlong into the sea of liberty.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)



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