keeping one's eyes open
Watching without blinking
Keeping one's eyes open means staying alert and watchful for something specific: Keep your eyes open for a gas station.
The phrase suggests passive vigilance—noticing something if it appears rather than actively searching.
It can also mean remaining receptive to opportunities or dangers: I'm keeping my eyes open for a new job.
- noticingBecoming aware of
- seeingPerceiving by sight
- paying attentionDirecting focus toward something
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- watchfulnessCareful, sustained attention
staying alert · readiness · on guard · wakefulness · wide awake · awareness · precaution · on the lookout · attentiveness · spotting · scrutiny · scanning · eagle-eyed · discerning · detecting · monitoring · perceiving · concentration
keeping one's eyes openclosing one's eyes
Lowering lids over pupils
sleeping · eyes closed · dozing · napping · nodding off
keeping one's eyes openzoning out
Losing conscious attention temporarily
spacing out · sleeping · tuning out · dozing off · nodding off
keeping one's eyes openturning a blind eye
Intentionally disregarding something obvious
looking the other way · burying one's head in the sand · ignoring · not paying attention · tuning out
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