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eyeshot

[ ahy-shot ]

noun

  1. range of vision; view:

    The ship passed within eyeshot.

  2. Archaic. a glance.


eyeshot

/ ˈɪˌʃɒ /

noun

  1. range of vision; view
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of eyeshot1

First recorded in 1590–1600; eye + shot 1
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Chains such as 7-Eleven, Hi-Life and Family Mart cluster so thickly on Taipei’s packed streets that many locations are within eyeshot of each other, often sharing a wall with a competitor.

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The Washington state capitol in Olympia will be the site for Mr. Feucht’s July 28 rally, which will include music and worship — with the Satanist protest “within eyeshot,” protesters said.

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As soon as she was out of eyeshot of her mother, she ducked behind the butcher’s store and doubled back, heading south behind the row of shops.

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“51Թs and sentences track her like ghosts, at a remove from her body, but near enough to be within ear- and eyeshot.”

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On Wednesday, a day ahead of new protests, the militant CGT labor union unfurled a banner atop the Arc de Triomphe, within eyeshot of Mr. Arnault’s boutiques, denouncing a higher retirement age.

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