keep eyes peeled

It has nine 30-ft tall, solar-powered beacons in the park, each with a red button to summon help, and helicopter pilots keep eyes peeled for people in distress, he said.

At the War College, where he ran upstairs two at a time, worked 18 hours a day, his job and the job of the Staff was to direct the work of whipping the Army into fighting shape, to plan field exercises, to keep eyes peeled for new training methods, stupid officers, backward outfits.

"Must keep eyes peeled now for Spaniards," said Washington.