give someone the eye
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editgive someone the eye (third-person singular simple present gives someone the eye, present participle giving someone the eye, simple past gave someone the eye, past participle given someone the eye)
- (idiomatic) To show flirtatious signs with one's eyes.
- I saw him giving me the eye as soon as I entered the room.
- 1951, J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 90:
- She was sort of cute, the blonde one, and I started giving her the old eye a little bit, but just then the waiter came up for my order.
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editshow flirtatious signs
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