A chiefly British idiom meaning to maintain one's skill or sharpness through continued 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.
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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 develop a perceptual skill, especially visual.
(chiefly, UK, sports) To become accustomed to the playing conditions, and thus bring one's hand-eye coordination to a reasonable level.
(Singapore, slang, intransitive) The practice of standing by idly without helping or contributing.
(Singapore, slang, intransitive) To stand by idly without helping or contributing.
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(chiefly, UK) To keep in practice.
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