take one's eyes off in English

Forms: takes one's eyes off [present, singular, third-person], taking one's eyes off [participle, present], took one's eyes off [past], taken one's eyes off [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> one's eyes off}} 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)

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      "form": "takes one's eyes off",
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    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "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",
          "text": "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",
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        "To stop looking at (something)."
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        "(idiomatic) To stop looking at (something)."
      ],
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to stop looking at",
          "word": "leveszi a szemét"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "take one's eyes off"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes one's eyes off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took one's eyes off",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken one's eyes off",
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          "look"
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      ],
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to stop looking at",
      "word": "leveszi a szemét"
    }
  ],
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}

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"take one's eyes off" meaning in English

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