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KEEP ONE'S EYES SKINNED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does keep one's eyes skinned mean?
• KEEP ONE'S EYES SKINNED (verb)
The verb KEEP ONE'S EYES SKINNED has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: KEEP ONE'S EYES SKINNED used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• KEEP ONE'S EYES SKINNED (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pay attention; be watchful
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
keep one's eyes open; keep one's eyes peeled; keep one's eyes skinned
Context example:
Keep your eyes peeled for any policemen
Hypernyms (to "keep one's eyes skinned" is one way to...):
look out; watch; watch out (be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
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