OUT OF THE CORNER OF ONE'S EYE

Meaning of OUT OF THE CORNER OF ONE'S EYE in English

adv. phr. Without looking at a person or thing directly or openly; secretly; without being noticed. The cat looked at the mouse out of the corner of his eye. Mike watched the boys across the street out of the corner of his eye as he mowed the lawn.

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OUT OF THE CORNER OF ONE'S EYE — {adv. phr.} Without looking at a person or thing directly or openly; secretly; without being noticed. * /The cat looked …
Slang English vocab
OUT OF THE CORNER OF ONE'S EYE — {adv. phr.} Without looking at a person or thing directly or openly; secretly; without being noticed. * /The cat looked …
Словарь английских идиом
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EYE — I Organ that receives light and visual images. Non-image forming, or direction, eyes are found among worms, mollusks, cnidarians, echinoderms, …
Английский словарь Британика
OUT — I. |au̇t, usu |au̇d.+V adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūt; akin to Old High German ūz out, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EYE — I. ˈī noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English eie, eye, eighe, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CORNER — I. R ˈkȯrnər sometimes ˈkȯnər; -R ˈkȯ(ə)nə(r noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French cornere, corniere, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OUT — /owt/ , adv. 1. away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EYE — — eyeable , adj. — eyelike , adj. — eyer , n. /uy/ , n. , pl. eyes , ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CORNER — /kawr"neuhr/ , n. 1. the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet. 2. the space between two converging …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OUT — I. ˈau̇t adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūt; akin to Old High German ūz out, Greek hysteros later, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EYE — I. ˈī noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High German ouga eye, Latin oculus, Greek …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CORNER — I. ˈkȯr-nər noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French cornere, from corne horn Date: 13th century 1. a. : the point …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OUT — vt to come out with; to make known. 2. out ·vi to come or go out; to get out or …
Webster English vocab
EYE — noun tinge; shade of color. 2. eye ·noun a brood; as, an eye of pheasants. 3. eye ·noun the hole …
Webster English vocab
CORNER — noun direction; quarter. 2. corner ·vt to drive into a corner. 3. corner ·noun a secret or secluded place; a …
Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
EYE — [eye] n [ME, fr. OE eage; akin to OHG ouga eye, L oculus, Gk ops eye, face, Skt aksi eye] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CORNER — [cor.ner] n [ME, fr. OF cornere, fr. corne horn, corner] (13c) 1 a: the point where converging lines, edges, or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EYE — specialized sensory organ capable of light reception and, in vertebrate animals, able to receive visual images that are then carried …
Britannica English vocabulary
CORNER — corner, C~ BrE AmE ˈkɔːn ə AmE ˈkɔːrn ə r ˈkɔːn- ▷ corner|ed d ▷ cornering ˈkɔːn ə r ɪŋ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CORNER — / ˈkɔːnə(r); NAmE ˈkɔːrn-/ noun , verb ■ noun OF BUILDING / OBJECT / SHAPE 1. a part of sth …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EYE — I. eye 1 S1 W1 /aɪ/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: eage ] 1 . FOR …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CORNER — I. cor ‧ ner 1 S1 W2 /ˈkɔːnə $ ˈkɔːrnər/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. --adv. 1 away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EYE — n. & v. --n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CORNER — n. & v. --n. 1 a place where converging sides or edges meet. 2 a projecting angle, esp. where two …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. adv. 1 away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EYE — n. & v. n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CORNER — n. & v. n. 1 a place where converging sides or edges meet. 2 a projecting angle, esp. where two …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. --adv. 1. away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
EYE — n. & v. --n. 1. a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Oxford English vocab
CORNER — n. & v. --n. 1. a place where converging sides or edges meet. 2 a projecting angle, esp. where two …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EYE — ( eyes, eyeing, or eying, eyed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CORNER — ( corners, cornering, cornered) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A corner …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CORNER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a street corner (= a place where streets meet ) ▪ Youths were standing …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EYE — [noun] [C] - one of the pair of organs of seeing in the faces of humans and animalsThey hoped the …
Cambridge English vocab
CORNER — Synonyms and related words : L, a corner on, aberrancy, aberration, absorb, alcove, angle, apex, asylum, bay, bear raid, bend, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EYE — See: APPLE OF ONE'S EYE, BAT AN EYE or BAT AN EYELASH, BELIEVE ONE'S EYES, CATCH ONE'S EYE, CLEAR-EYED, CLOSE …
Slang English vocab
CORNER — I. noun 1 where two lines/edges meet ADJECTIVE ▪ bottom , top ▪ left , right ▪ left-hand , right-hand …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
EYE — See: APPLE OF ONE'S EYE, BAT AN EYE or BAT AN EYELASH, BELIEVE ONE'S EYES, CATCH ONE'S EYE, CLEAR-EYED, CLOSE …
Словарь английских идиом
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
CORNER — noun BAD : I have written my address on the top right-hand corner. GOOD : I have written my address …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CORNER — 1. сущ. 1) а) угол, уголок The corners of the mouth. ≈ Уголки рта. round the corner around the corner …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OUT — 1. aʋt n 1. (the outs) pl парл. разг. оппозиция the ins and the outs - правительственная партия и оппозиция …
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