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Meaning of out of the corner of one's eye | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Sideways, obliquely, askance
  2. With suspicion.

Equivalents

Español de refilón de reojo de través
Suomi syrjäsilmällä
Français du coin de l'œil
Italiano con la coda dell'occhio
Nederlands vanuit zijn ooghoek
Português de canto de olho de rabo de olho

Examples

“I caught sight of him out of the corner of my eye.”
“When he said he would pay her back next week, she looked at him out of the corner of her eye.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

out of the frying pan, into the fire out of the gate out of the goodness of one's heart out of the loop out of the money out of the ordinary

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