From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcatch somebody’s eyecatch somebody’s eyea) to attract someone’s attention and make them look at something Out on the freeway, a billboard caught his eye. b) to look at someone at the same moment that they are looking at you Every time she caught his eye, she would glance away embarrassed. → catch
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catch somebody’s eye• All of a sudden, something red caught Barb's eye.• I was walking through the market when a beautiful dress caught my eye.• I caught Ben's eye in the rear-view mirror and knew what he was thinking.• Wright caught the eye of filmmaker Spike Lee, who featured him in a jeans commercial. 