take one's eye off the ball (English, verb)
expansion: take one's eye off the ball (third-person singular simple present takes one's eye off the ball, present participle taking one's eye off the ball, simple past took one's eye off the ball, past participle taken one's eye off the ball)
Senses:
glosses: To lose one's concentration on what is most important.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: takes one's eye off the ball
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking one's eye off the ball
tags: participle
present
form: took one's eye off the ball
tags: past
form: taken one's eye off the ball
tags: participle
past
form: take one's eyes off the ball
tags: alternative