meet somebody’s eye(s) | meet somebody’s gaze, look, etc. | people’s eyes meet
1 transitive, intransitive if you meet somebody’s eye(s), you look directly at them as they look at you; if two people’s eyes meet, they look directly at each other She was afraid to meet my eye.
Their eyes met across the crowded room.
She met his gaze without flinching.
2 transitive meet somebody’s eye(s) your eyes if a sight meets your eyes, you see it A terrible sight met their eyes.