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Look over VIP speaking in EastEnders (3,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eye up

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'look' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'over vip speaking in eastenders' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'over' could be 'up' (e.g. if your time is up it is over) and 'up' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'eye' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for eye up that I've seen before include "Appraise" , "Consider sexual attractiveness of (someone)" , "Eagerly watch" , "Ogle" , "Look at (someone) appraisingly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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