with one's own eyes

English

Prepositional phrase

with one's own eyes

  1. In real life as seen by oneself, as opposed to in a picture or according to someone else's description.
    I had seen pictures of the Grand Canyon on the Internet, but I wanted to see it with my own eyes.
    I watched his demise with my own eyes.
    • 2025 October 1, Richard Wilcock, “There is more to be proud of in the railway than we sometimes allow ourselves to see”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 41:
      "I'm a great believer in data. But there is no substitute for leaders being out there, talking to colleagues, seeing conditions for themselves. All the audits in the world don't replace looking with your own eyes."

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