shut one's eyes

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Verb

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shut one's eyes (third-person singular simple present shuts one's eyes, present participle shutting one's eyes, simple past and past participle shut one's eyes)

  1. (idiomatic) To ignore or deliberately overlook.
    Synonyms: (obsolete) connive, turn a blind eye, wink
    She was pretty, so he shut his eyes to all her faults.

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