keeps one's eyes open
Remains visually attentive
To keep one's eyes open is to remain watchful or alert, especially for something specific: Keep your eyes open for a gas station.
The phrase suggests vigilance without active searching—noticing opportunities or dangers as they arise rather than hunting for them.
I'll keep my eyes open for job postings.
Also *keep an eye out*.
- noticingBecoming aware of
- perceivingBecoming conscious of something
- paying attentionDirecting focus toward something
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- observingPerceiving attentively
staying alert · looking out · readiness · watchfulness · heads up · spotting · on the lookout · vigilance · wakefulness · wide awake · detecting · scrutiny · monitoring · attentiveness · sharp eye · recognizing · wariness · identifying
keeps one's eyes opendozes off
Falls into light sleep
falls asleep · nods off · zones out · drifts off · sleeps
keeps one's eyes openturns a blind eye
Intentionally ignores something obvious
looks the other way · ignores · overlooks · misses · tunes out
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