"need one's eyes checked" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: needs one's eyes checked [present, singular, third-person], needing one's eyes checked [participle, present], needed one's eyes checked [participle, past], needed one's eyes checked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} need one's eyes checked (third-person singular simple present needs one's eyes checked, present participle needing one's eyes checked, simple past and past participle needed one's eyes checked)
  1. (slang) To be seeing things (having visual hallucinations). Tags: slang Related terms: need one's bumps feeling, need one's head examined
    Sense id: en-need_one's_eyes_checked-en-verb-s09yXCyK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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