without batting an eyelid

A form of without batting an eye — Showing no emotional reaction.

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Meanings

adverbwithout batting an eyelid (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of without batting an eye.

    Amazed though I was that she was au courant, I gave her the answer without batting an eyelid.

    2017, Bertil Dunér, Little Counsellor, →ISBN, page 175
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