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a fresh pair of eyes

phraseB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

A fresh pair of eyes is somebody new looking at a problem you have stared at too long. Get a fresh pair of eyes on it.

It works because familiarity hides mistakes, which is why nobody can proofread their own writing. A fresh pair of eyes needs no more skill than yours, only less exposure.

Definitions of a fresh pair of eyes

  1. 1phrasea fresh pair of eyesSomebody new looking at a problem you have stared at too long.B2

    “A fresh pair of eyes found the error in about a minute.”

a fresh pair of eyes is a phrase.

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