"eye-lock" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1979, Paul Preston, Communication for managers, page 161",
          "text": "Another useful insight is to watch for \"eye-locks\" between people during management meetings.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, John Anderson, Edward Yang, page 90",
          "text": "Stepping off an elevator, she finds herself in an eye-lock with Lili, who is standing in the doorway of her apartment, stock still, staring and uttering a miserable \"How can this be?!!\"",
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        },
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          "ref": "2014, Michael Eigen, Faith, page xv",
          "text": "Two series of moments, far apart yet with commonalities, involve experiences of eye-lock with a girlfriend and a hyena.",
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        "Alternative form of eyelock"
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  "word": "eye-lock"
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        "participle",
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    {
      "form": "eye-locked",
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          "ref": "1999, Jody Jaffe, In Colt Blood, page 112",
          "text": "McMahon was hugging Carter and trying to eye-lock me at the same time.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Marcelle DiFalco, Jocelyn Greenky Herz, The Big Sister's Guide to the World of Work",
          "text": "If someone eye-locks you in a Gaze Glaze, don't look at your shoes, which you will instinctively want to do.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Danielle Kennedy, Warren Jamison, How to List and Sell Real Estate, page 221",
          "text": "Danny locks eyes with one of the Caseys for a few seconds and then turns to eye-lock with the other while speaking.",
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          "ref": "1979, Paul Preston, Communication for managers, page 161",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, John Anderson, Edward Yang, page 90",
          "text": "Stepping off an elevator, she finds herself in an eye-lock with Lili, who is standing in the doorway of her apartment, stock still, staring and uttering a miserable \"How can this be?!!\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
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          "text": "Two series of moments, far apart yet with commonalities, involve experiences of eye-lock with a girlfriend and a hyena.",
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          "ref": "1999, Jody Jaffe, In Colt Blood, page 112",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Marcelle DiFalco, Jocelyn Greenky Herz, The Big Sister's Guide to the World of Work",
          "text": "If someone eye-locks you in a Gaze Glaze, don't look at your shoes, which you will instinctively want to do.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Danielle Kennedy, Warren Jamison, How to List and Sell Real Estate, page 221",
          "text": "Danny locks eyes with one of the Caseys for a few seconds and then turns to eye-lock with the other while speaking.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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