"tourner l’œil" meaning in Français

See tourner l’œil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: \tuʁ.ne l‿œj\ Forms: tourner de l’œil
  1. Agoniser.
    Sense id: fr-tourner_l’œil-fr-verb-u63Nmo6i Categories (other): Exemples en français
  2. Avoir un malaise, s’évanouir.
    Sense id: fr-tourner_l’œil-fr-verb-A-W5nk4w Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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