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turn a blind eye

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. turn a blind eyeverb

    refuse to acknowledge

    "He turns a blind eye to the injustices in his office"

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  1. turn a blind eyeverb

    To ignore or deliberately overlook, especially with respect to something unpleasant or improper.

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  1. turn a blind eye

    To turn a blind eye means to deliberately ignore or choose to overlook any wrongdoing or unwelcome behavior. It refers to the act of avoiding the acknowledgement of an uncomfortable or unfavorable situation.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of turn a blind eye in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of turn a blind eye in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of turn a blind eye in a Sentence

  1. Kitty Block:

    World leaders meeting in Japan this week should not turn a blind eye to the cruel assault planned on whales of the North Pacific.

  2. Rodrigo Duterte:

    I would say to China, 'do not claim anything here and I will not insist also that it is ours'. But then I will just keep (turn) a blind eye, if you want joint ventures, fine, we can get the gas and the oil.

  3. Chief Bill Scott:

    We’re out there to help, we’re not out there to turn a blind eye to people killing themselves on the street.

  4. Xavier Becerra:

    Crimes like those alleged in this complaint have no place in our society. Period, we must not turn a blind eye to sexual violence and trafficking in our state.

  5. Anne Bayefsky:

    These same authorities on racism champion the U.N.'s racist Durban Declaration, support the U.N.'s rampant discriminatory treatmentof the Jewish state, and turn a blind eye to modern forms of anti-Semitism. So their sudden concern with anti-Semitism in the United States appears disingenuous, to say the least.


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