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turn a blind eye

to ignore something deliberately

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(idiom) to deliberately ignore something wrong or unpleasant that you know is happening

Examples

• The manager turned a blind eye to the employees' late arrivals.

Nearby in Idioms & Sayings

steal someone's thunder, the whole nine yards, throw caution to the wind, water under the bridge, when pigs fly, wild goose chase