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turn a blind eye

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  1. turn a blind eyeverb

    refuse to acknowledge

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

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  1. Julian Fellowes:

    [Society] could turn a blind eye to a widow having an affair.

  2. Champa Patel:

    I think what that does is turn a blind eye to just how authoritarian The BJP has been within India.

  3. Gauri Maulekhi:

    The offenses have been made very clear and explained to the district and state authorities, but they choose to turn a blind eye towards it. It is not just for entertainment that these animals are made to fight, but it is( also) due to the heavy betting and gambling that goes on in the garb of these events.

  4. Interior Department spokeswoman Heather Swift:

    We welcome their resignations and would expect nothing less than quitting from members who found it convenient to turn a blind eye to women being sexually harassed at National Parks.

  5. Bob Menendez:

    The President needs to have a clear and consistent approach to China, and not turn a blind eye as a million Muslims are unjustly imprisoned and forced into labor camps by an autocratic regime.


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