shut one's eyes
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[edit]Verb
[edit]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)
- (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.
Translations
[edit]to ignore or deliberately overlook — see turn a blind eye