keep one's eyeballs peeled

A form of keep one's eyes peeled — To be on the alert, to be watchful.

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Meanings

verbkeep one's eyeballs peeled (third-person singular simple present keeps one's eyeballs peeled, present participle keeping one's eyeballs peeled, simple past and past participle kept one's eyeballs peeled)

present singular third person keeps one's eyeballs peeled · participle present keeping one's eyeballs peeled · participle past kept one's eyeballs peeled · past kept one's eyeballs peeled

  1. alternativeAlternative form of keep one's eyes peeled.

    I need legal books and materials. […] Postage is a blessing. All material marked 'LEGAL' from any organization that is of a legal nature comes right in to me, unopened. (No hard back books, except from publishers.) Please keep your eyeballs pealed ^([sic]) for these things!

    1987 April 4, Joey Robbins, “help me squeeeze! (letter)”, in Gay Community News, page 6
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APA

keep one's eyeballs peeled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keep%20one's%20eyeballs%20peeled

MLA

“keep one's eyeballs peeled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keep%20one's%20eyeballs%20peeled. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “keep one's eyeballs peeled,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keep%20one's%20eyeballs%20peeled.

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