without batting an eye

adverb

Showing no emotional reaction.

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Meanings

adverbwithout batting an eye (not comparable)

alternative without batting an eyelid · alternative without batting an eyelash · alternative without blinking an eye · alternative without blinking an eyelid · alternative without blinking an eyelash

  1. idiomaticnot comparableShowing no emotional reaction.

    Now here she was dropping almost $5,000 on a single outfit without batting an eye.

    2015, Allison Hobbs, Karen E. Quinones Miller, Hittin' It Out the Park, →ISBN, page 111

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
without batting an eyelash
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