take one's eyes off
English
Verb
take one's eyes off (third-person singular simple present takes one's eyes off, present participle taking one's eyes off, simple past took one's eyes off, past participle taken one's eyes off)
- (idiomatic) To stop looking at (something).
- 1967 April, Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio (lyrics and music), “Can't Take My Eyes Off You” (track A5), in Frankie Valli: Solo, performed by Frankie Valli:
- You're just too good to be true / Can't take my eyes off of you / You'd be like heaven to touch / I wanna hold you so much
Translations
to stop looking at
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Further reading
- “take one's eyes off”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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