keep one's eyes peeled

1. 1.

   pay attention; be watchful

   “Keep your eyes peeled for any policemen”

   Synonymskeep one's eyes skinnedkeep one's eyes open

   Broaderwatch

   colloquialism

Questions about keep one's eyes peeled

What does keep one's eyes peeled mean?

keep one's eyes peeled means "pay attention; be watchful".

What is another word for keep one's eyes peeled?

Close synonyms include keep one's eyes skinned, keep one's eyes open. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is keep one's eyes peeled a common word?

keep one's eyes peeled is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.