without blinking an eyelid

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

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Meanings

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

    “About forty dollars between us,” John lied, without blinking an eyelid.

    2017, Valerie Pixley, Monkeys in my Garden, →ISBN
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APA

without blinking an eyelid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/without%20blinking%20an%20eyelid

MLA

“without blinking an eyelid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/without%20blinking%20an%20eyelid. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “without blinking an eyelid,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/without%20blinking%20an%20eyelid.

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