poke someone's eye out

English

Verb

poke someone's eye out (third-person singular simple present pokes someone's eye out, present participle poking someone's eye out, simple past and past participle poked someone's eye out)

  1. (idiomatic) To damage or harm someone's eye to the point that it can no longer see.
    Hey, watch where you're throwing that thing! You could've poked Jeff's eye out.
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