Meaning of undress with one's eyes | Babel Free

Definitions

To gaze at someone lasciviously.

idiomatic, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“She felt like he was staring at her as if she were naked. She wondered if he undressed all the girls with his eyes or physically undressed them with his hands.”

“After about two drinks I was a very unbothered bitch, so when he stepped out looking like a bag of money, I couldn’t help but undress him with my eyes. I couldn’t lie. Homeboy was looking mighty good, but I turned my attention back to the TV.”

““I told you guys,” Mia said. “That’s not it.” She turned to Galen, trying to undress him with her eyes — something I was too embarrassed to do. “Nope,” she said. “I say it’s the underwear one.””

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