catch sb's eye
to get someone's attention:
A sudden movement caught my eye.
C2 to get someone's attention, especially by looking at them:
I tried to catch the waiter's eye, so we could order.
C2 to be attractive or different enough to be noticed by someone:
It was the unusual colour of his jacket that caught my eye.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making people excited and interested
- absorbed
- animate
- be sb's bag idiom
- breathe (new) life into sth idiom
- captivate
- capture
- catch
- enthuse
- entrance 1
- intrigue
- occupy
- pulse
- pump
- pump sb up
- reinvigorate
- rivet
- swing
- talk sth up
- whip sth up
- wow factor
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