have one's eye on

English

Verb

have one's eye on (third-person singular simple present has one's eye on, present participle having one's eye on, simple past and past participle had one's eye on)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have,‎ one's,‎ eye,‎ on.
2. To watch.

   I have my eye on you, so you'd better not cause any trouble.

3. To seek, to pursue.
   • 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian‎^[1]:

     She now wants to be a Paris MP. But Fillon wants the same Paris seat when he steps down, after next year's election. Both have their eye on the main prize: running for Paris mayor in 2014.

Synonyms

• have designs on

Translations

idioms meaning "to seek, pursue"

• Finnish: olla kiikarissa
• Polish: mieć na oku (pl)

watch — see watch