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KEEP ONE'S EYES SKINNED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does keep one's eyes skinned mean? 

KEEP ONE'S EYES SKINNED (verb)
  The verb KEEP ONE'S EYES SKINNED has 1 sense:

1. pay attention; be watchfulplay

  Familiarity information: KEEP ONE'S EYES SKINNED used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KEEP ONE'S EYES SKINNED (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Pay attention; be watchful

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

keep one's eyes open; keep one's eyes peeled; keep one's eyes skinned

Context example:

Keep your eyes peeled for any policemen

Hypernyms (to "keep one's eyes skinned" is one way to...):

look out; watch; watch out (be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP


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