steal a glance

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Meaning: (idiomatic)Tolookquicklyat someone or something, hoping that nobodynoticesthe action.Each boystole a glanceat the other and met the same look of disbelief.2012,David Walliams[pseudonym; David Edward Williams],Ratburger, London:HarperCollins Children’s Books,→ISBN:Zoe took a big breath and stood up, and promised herself she would not look back. That promise lasted only a dozen steps, as she couldn’t helpstealing a glanceone last time to the spot where she left him.

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