lay eyes on

1. 1.

   see with attention

   “behold Christ!”

   Synonymsbehold

   Broadersee

Questions about lay eyes on

What does lay eyes on mean?

lay eyes on means "see with attention".

What is another word for lay eyes on?

Close synonyms include behold. 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 lay eyes on a common word?

lay eyes on 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.