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one eye on

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*one eye on someone or something

Fig. [get/have] a small amount of attention devoted to someone or something. (*Typically: keep ~; have ~.) I have to have one eye on you at all times or you will get into trouble. I have one eye on the speedometer of my car whenever I am driving.

See also: eye, on, one

one eye on

Paying some but not full attention to, as in He ran the rehearsal with one eye on the clock. Also see have one's eye on; out of the corner of one's eye; see with half an eye.

See also: eye, on, one