TAKE YOUR EYE OFF THE BALL

Meaning of TAKE YOUR EYE OFF THE BALL in English

to stop giving your attention to what is most important

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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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
YOUR — I. Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower (used as gen. of gē you); akin to Old High German iuwēr …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk transitive verb ( took ˈtu̇k, dial ˈtək ; or dialect tak·en ˈtākən sometimes -k ə ŋ ; taken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OFF
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
BALL — I. ˈbȯl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bal, from Old Norse böllr akin to Old English bealluc testis, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
YOUR — /yoor, yawr, yohr/ ; unstressed /yeuhr/ , pron. 1. (a form of the possessive case of you used as an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAKE — — takable, takeable , adj. — taker , n. /tayk/ , v. , took, taken, taking , n. v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFF — /awf, of/ , adv. 1. so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come …
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EYE — — eyeable , adj. — eyelike , adj. — eyer , n. /uy/ , n. , pl. eyes , ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BALL — ball 1 — baller , n. /bawl/ , n. 1. a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk verb ( took ˈtu̇k ; tak·en ˈtā-kən ; tak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tacan, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OFF — I. ˈȯf adverb Etymology: Middle English of, from Old English — more at of Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
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
YOUR — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower; akin to Old English ēow you — more at you Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAKE — p.p. taken. 2. take ·noun the quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. 3. take ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
OFF — adv denoting opposition or negation. 2. off ·interj away; begone; a command to depart. 3. off ·adv in a …
Webster English vocab
EYE — noun tinge; shade of color. 2. eye ·noun a brood; as, an eye of pheasants. 3. eye ·noun the hole …
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BALL — noun the globe or earth. 2. ball ·noun a social assembly for the purpose of dancing. 3. ball ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
TAKE — [take] vb took ; tak.en ; tak.ing [ME, fr. OE tacan, fr. ON taka; akin to MD taken to take] …
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
BALL — [ball] n, often attrib [ME bal, fr. ON bollr; akin to OE bealluc testis, OHG balla ball, OE blawan to …
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
BALL — spherical or ovoid object for throwing, hitting, or kicking in various sports and games. The ball is mentioned in the …
Britannica English vocabulary
YOUR — / jɔː(r); NAmE jʊr weak form jə(r)/ determiner (the possessive form of you ) 1. of or belonging to the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE — / teɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( took / tʊk; NAmE / taken / ˈteɪkən; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — / ɒf; NAmE ɔːf; ɑːf/ adverb , preposition , adjective , noun , verb ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For …
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YOUR — your S1 W1 /jə; strong jɔː $ jər strong jɔːr/ BrE AmE determiner [possessive form of ‘you’] [ Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFF — I. off 1 S1 W1 /ɒf $ ɒːf/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . away from a …
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
BALL
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
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
BALL — n. & v. --n. 1 a solid or hollow sphere, esp. for use in a game. 2 a a ball-shaped …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAKE — v. & n. v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
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
BALL — n. & v. n. 1 a solid or hollow sphere, esp. for use in a game. 2 a a ball-shaped …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1. tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Oxford English vocab
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1. away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
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
BALL — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a solid or hollow sphere, esp. for use in a game. 2 a a …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
YOUR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Your' is the second person possessive …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — The preposition is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/. The adverb is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/ Frequency: The word is one of …
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. …
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BALL — ( balls, balling, balled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A ball …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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YOUR — [determiner]Your means of or belonging to people generally.Garlic is good for your blood.Of course you want the best for your …
Cambridge English vocab
EYE — [noun] [C] - one of the pair of organs of seeing in the faces of humans and animalsThey hoped the …
Cambridge English vocab
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
BALL — See: BASE ON BALLS, CARRY THE BALL, FLY BALL, FOUL BALL, GET THE BALL ROLLING, SET THE BALL ROLLING, START …
Slang English vocab
OFF — adj. sup off sup off or up back off blow off bring off buck off bug off bump off burn …
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Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TAKE — INDEX: to take somebody or something from one place to another 1. to take someone or something from one place …
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