This seems a very odd construction to use in the context:
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| Link: The Sunday Times (subscription access only), ‘Superfit Jools eyes up 5th child’ |
For clarification, the article suggests that Jamie Oliver and his wife, Jools, may be considering an addition to their family. Oxford Dictionaries confirms that ‘eye up’ means ‘Look at someone in a way that reveals a particular, especially sexual, interest’; while Collins English Dictionary doesn’t offer a non-sexual variant, defining the term as: ‘to look at in a manner indicating sexual interest; ogle’ (eyes, number 40).
Even without the sexual dimension, it would be difficult to ‘eye up’ someone who does not yet, and may never, exist.
Jools eyes up 5th child
Even without the sexual dimension, it would be difficult to ‘eye up’ someone who does not yet, and may never, exist.
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