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laid eyes on

verb as in see with attention

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Crab Con is winding down Saturday afternoon when I realize: I haven’t yet laid eyes on a hermit crab.

From Slate

But police have not laid eyes on Kevin Parle - known as 'Hemp' or 'Joseph' - since 2004 - despite reports linking him to Spain, Australia and Dubai.

From BBC

Four decades after the crime, I finally laid eyes on the man who murdered my oldest sister, Vickie Belk.

The shelter offered a few options, but once Palacios laid eyes on Pippi, it didn’t even feel like making a choice.

Then he laid eyes on 15-year-old Conchita Arguella, who was also, conveniently, the daughter of the commandant of the San Francisco Presidio.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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