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Speaker’s Eye

To catch the Speaker’s eye. The rule in the House of Commons is that the member whose rising to address the House is first observed by the Speaker is allowed precedence.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.