Lay (one's) eyes on (someone or something) informal verb phrase
To see or look at someone or something for the first time
I liked the house from the moment I laid eyes on it.
She wishes she could lay her eyes on him once.
I have never laid my eyes on a more beautiful cat in my life.
Used when one sees someone or something for the first time
To see something for oneself.
Try to see better with your eyes partially closed
Said when one is especially surprised or shocked by one's arrival
To see the meaning of something in a specific way.
The verb "lay" should be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase was originally documented in a Middle English text about 1225.
Used to indicate that helping each other or working together toward the same goal will have advantages for everyone who is involved
The relationship between fashion and film is that one hand washes the other and both wash the face.