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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