(chiefly, UK) To develop a perceptual skill, especially visual.
(chiefly, UK) To develop a perceptual skill, especially visual.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(chiefly, UK) To keep in practice.
A chiefly British idiom meaning to maintain one's skill or sharpness through continued practice. Originally from cricket and other target-oriented sports, where keeping your eye in means staying calibrated through regular play. Now used more broadly for any skill that requires regular upkeep to avoid going rusty.
(Malaysia, Singapore, idiomatic) to look the other way, to deliberately ignore or overlook (a mistake or transgression).
(Singapore, slang, intransitive) To stand by idly without helping or contributing.
(chiefly, UK, sports) To become accustomed to the playing conditions, and thus bring one's hand-eye coordination to a reasonable level.
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