have eyes on

English[edit]

have eyes on (third-person singular simple present has eyes on, present participle having eyes on, simple past and past participle had eyes on)

(transitive) To observe. [from c. 2000]
(transitive) To have under observation through others. [from c. 2000]
- 2013, Mark Greaney, Dead Eye‎^[1]:
  That's something CIA hasn't managed to do in five years.” “We've had eyes on him,” Carmichael countered.
- 2011, S. D. Arnold, Forever This Time‎^[2], page 66:
  “Jeremy, I thought you guys had eyes on this room. You didn't see this guy at the door?” “It seems someone has peeped our hold card and fed a continuous loop of the hall being empty through our equipment. […] "
(transitive) To have one's eye on. [from c. 1980]

observe — see observe

have under observation through others

have one's eye on — see have one's eye on