keep one's eyeballs peeled in English

Forms: keeps one's eyeballs peeled [present, singular, third-person], keeping one's eyeballs peeled [participle, present], kept one's eyeballs peeled [participle, past], kept one's eyeballs peeled [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> one's eyeballs peeled}} keep one's eyeballs peeled (third-person singular simple present keeps one's eyeballs peeled, present participle keeping one's eyeballs peeled, simple past and past participle kept one's eyeballs peeled)

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"keep one's eyeballs peeled" meaning in English

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