Idiom | to turn a blind eye |
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Definition | to ignore; to do nothing |
Examples | - I'm sorry. It's impossible to turn a blind eye when someone is having such problems. - If you turn a blind eye to his rudeness, it's only going to get worse. - Overall, however, what is significant is that the police initially turn a blind eye to the violence of the right wing. - For anyone to turn a blind eye, as Novogrodsky did in his letter, to a few simple, quite obvious facts is to me inexcusable. |
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