"with one's own eyes" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

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  1. In real life as seen by oneself, as opposed to in a picture or according to someone else's description. Translations (Translations): omin silmin (Finnish), de ses propres yeux (French), mit jemandes eigenen Augen (German), naocznie (Polish), na własne oczy (Polish), cu proprii cuiva ochi (Romanian), свои́ми глаза́ми (svoími glazámi) (Russian), воо́чию (voóčiju) (Russian), собственногла́зно (sobstvennoglázno) (Russian), gözlerin önünde (Turkish), kendi gözleri ile (Turkish)
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          "word": "de ses propres yeux"
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