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eyeball noun [ ˈʌɪbɔːl ]

• the round part of the eye of a vertebrate, within the eyelids and socket.

eyeball verb

• look or stare at closely.
• "we eyeballed one another"

eyeball to eyeball

• face to face with someone, especially in an aggressive way.
• "he wheeled round to confront John eyeball to eyeball"

eyeball to eyeball

• face to face with someone, especially in an aggressive way.
"he wheeled round to confront John eyeball to eyeball"

give someone the hairy eyeball

• stare at someone in a disapproving or angry way, especially with one's eyelids partially lowered.
"not one, but two security guards started giving me the hairy eyeball"

up to one's eyeballs

• used to emphasize the extreme degree of an undesirable situation.
"he's up to his eyeballs in debt"



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