have eye



have someone's eye

Fig. [for someone] to establish and hold eye contact with someone; to attract someone's attention. When Tom at last had her eye, he smiled at her. Once she had my eye, she began motioning toward the exit.
See also: eye, have

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Sindre-Norwegian
Placide-French
Ljubena-Macedonian
Maxentius-Ancient Roman
Bogdanabawg-DAH-nah (Polish)Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian, Romanian, Medieval Slavic
JenniJEN-ee (English), YEN-nee (Finnish)English, Finnish