"give someone the eye" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-give someone the eye.ogg Forms: gives someone the eye [present, singular, third-person], giving someone the eye [participle, present], gave someone the eye [past], given someone the eye [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|give<,,gave,given> someone the eye}} give someone the eye (third-person singular simple present gives someone the eye, present participle giving someone the eye, simple past gave someone the eye, past participle given someone the eye)
  1. (idiomatic) To show flirtatious signs or sexual interest/attraction with one's eyes coveted. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: eye up, give someone the glad eye Translations (show flirtatious signs): 抛媚眼 (pao mei yan) (Chinese Mandarin), pitää silmäpeliä (Finnish), faithe des ilyies (Norman), стреля́ть глаза́ми (streljátʹ glazámi) (english: shoot with the eyes) [literally] (Russian), стро́ить гла́зки (stróitʹ glázki) (Russian)

Inflected forms

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