direct attention to

direct (one's) attention to (someone or something)

To focus on someone or something. And if you'll direct your attention to the docent, she'll start you on your tour of the art museum. When the lights in the theater dimmed, we knew to direct our attention to the stage.
See also: attention, direct
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

direct someone's attention to someone or something

to focus someone's regard or concern on someone or something; to cause someone to notice someone or something. May I directyour attention to the young man in the purple costume? The announcer directed our attention to the magician who was coming on stage.
See also: attention, direct
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • direct
  • direct (one's) attention to (someone or something)
  • besetting sin
  • eat out of someone's hand, to
  • the wherewithal for (something)
  • the wherewithal to (do something)
  • a wet blanket
  • abide
  • abide by
  • hardliner
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Control Co.'s Key-Chain Laser Pointer features a brilliant red beam to direct attention to key elements in any presentation or chart, and to indicate critical objects in all field work.
To support the government's safety assurance, the IAA wishes to direct attention to comments made yesterday by John Yates, former assistant commissioner in the London Metropolitan Police Service, and current adviser to Bahrain's police, to the Associated Press in regards to the F1: "It is very much hoped that the policing will be low key and discreet.
This has traditionally been manifested in the way humanistic counselors and educators respectfully direct attention to their clients' and students' values, freedom, personal responsibility, human potential, spirituality, and innate drive for self-actualization.
It may be well to direct attention to an article written by Dr.
The contributors explore philosophical and theological approaches to interreligious hermeneutics and direct attention to the complexities of (inter) religious education, narratives, and practices in particular contexts.
Information to direct attention to the INA website for information about pending or proposed policy issues of registered nurses.
Wiser heads, meanwhile, seek to direct attention to areas of concern whose existence proves that, to some degree at least, Mr Gove's doubts are shared.
As usual, the opposition will want to direct attention to all the pledges and promises broken by the Coalition government, and David Cameron and his gang will remind us that it was Gordon Brown's "borrow and spend" policy that left the cupboard bare.
"My aim is to direct attention to women's projects that have been neglected by the male dominated council over the past eight years," she said.
These rankings direct attention to certain comparative strengths and weaknesses.
One is to direct attention to rigorous causal evaluation of school capacity building, especially given that capacity can trump the interventions more commonly subjected to experimental testing.
Programmed Alerts direct attention to the most critical alerts, allowing them to be addressed quickly, while the system's graphing capability provides dynamic "at a glance" visuals of critical heating system functions and documented fuel savings.
Or, when operating in a store front, post the commodity prices of the day in a prominent spot and direct attention to them.
"It will be nice to direct attention to Fort William as it played an important role in the development of the Highlands."
Briefly explain why revolutions, in Iran and elsewhere, often direct attention to a foreign adversary.