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can't look away
be unable to stop watching
To be unable to stop watching something because it is very interesting, exciting, or shocking.
Hear it in real life
Did you enjoy the documentary?
Yes, I couldn't look away once it got to the final part.
The street performer was so good that everyone around me couldn't look away.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I couldn't look ‸ from the final scene.
Say: I couldn't look away from the final scene.
The fixed phrase needs the adverb 'away' after 'look.'
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
I can't look away; I couldn't look away from it
Your turn: say it out loud
The street performer was so good that everyone around me couldn't look away.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
can't look away
be unable to stop watching
“The street performer was so good that everyone around me couldn't look away.”
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