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keep your eyes open/peeled (for sb/sth)

Definition

to watch carefully for someone or something: Keep your eyes peeled, he should be here any minute. → See also black eye
(Definition of keep your eyes open/peeled (for sb/sth) from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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