rest on sb/sth
— phrasal verb with rest uk/rest/us/rest/verb
If your eyes rest on something or someone when you are looking around an area, you start looking only at that particular object or person:
Her eyes rested on a small wooden box at the back of the shop.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Using the eyes
- before your very eyes idiom
- beheld
- bore
- breathe
- come to sb's attention/notice idiom
- eye
- feast
- gawk
- get a load of that! idiom
- get him, her, you, etc.! idiom
- glance
- look-see
- observational
- ogle
- out of/from the corner of your eye idiom
- passer-by
- rest
- sneak
- squint
- visual
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