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eagle eye

–noun
1. unusually sharp visual powers; keen ability to watch or observe.
2. a person who has sharp vision or who maintains a keen watchfulness.
3. alert watchfulness.

Origin:
1595–1605
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eagle eye  
n.  
  1. Keen eyesight.

  2. The ability or tendency to observe closely or pay attention to detail: monitors expenses with an eagle eye.

  3. One that observes with close attention.

ea·gle-eyed (ē'gəl-īd') adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
eagle-eye

  1. n.
    a busybody; a person who watches or monitors other people's actions: a floorwalker, a detective, a hall-monitor. : Some old eagle-eye across the street saw me standing in the cold and called my wife who came down and let me in.
  2. n.
    an eye or eyes with very keen vision. : Keep your eagle-eye trained on the entrance.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

eagle eye

Unusually keen sight; also, keen intellectual vision. For example, Antiques dealers have an eagle eye for valuable objects, or A good manager has an eagle eye for employee errors. [Late 1500s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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