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TURN A BLIND EYE
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Refuse to acknowledge
Example:
He turns a blind eye to the injustices in his office
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "turn a blind eye" is one way to...):
brush aside; brush off; discount; dismiss; disregard; ignore; push aside (bar from attention or consideration)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
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