all eyes

idiom

: very attentive
She was all eyes as I opened the box.

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For the 2026 realignment, all eyes will be on Aledo, a 12 time Texas high school football state champion. Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 2025 The election chaos represents the culmination of an increasingly tarnished human rights record by Tanzania in recent months, with all eyes on international observers and countries following the polls. Martin K.n Siele, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025 This year, all eyes are on just three contests nationwide—and most of the chatter has centered on Zohran Mamdani’s meteoric mayoral run across the Hudson as a democratic socialist. Nik Popli, Time, 30 Oct. 2025 Later in the evening, all eyes were on Nir Seroussi, head of Interscope Capitol Miami, who received the Latin Power Players Executive of the Year award. James Dinh, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for all eyes

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“All eyes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20eyes. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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