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Regina Tuyen Le
2021-08-09 06:08
Squint at (someone or something) verb phrase
Try to see better with your eyes partially closed
My father has been squinting at the phone screen for 5 minutes trying to read the news.
The old lady was squinting at the photographs in the museum.
My mom suggested that I should stop squinting at the computer and wear my glasses.
This idiom is often used to express that you should accept an unpleasant situation or event because you cannot change it.
Once something has been done, you can do nothing but face the consequences.
The verb "squint" should be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase comes from the mid 16th century (in the meaning ‘squinting’, as in squint-eyed): simplification of asquint.
Do you see anything wrong?
1. To punch a hole in one's ticket to show that they have paid for a ride
2. To do something that allows one to go further in a competition or to be promoted at work
1. Please, tell me if I forget to punch your ticket.
2. With a view to punching my ticket to the final, I did whatever it takes to win this round.
