- close its eyes to something
- close (your/its) eyes to (something)
to ignore something.
As a cop, I can't close my eyes to illegal drugs, even when I'm not working.
The church cannot close its eyes to suffering.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
close its eyes to something
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close your eyes to something — phrase to ignore something bad that is happening when you should be doing something to stop it The government cannot close its eyes to this disease. Thesaurus: to pretend something is not happening or is not the casesynonym to ignore something,… … Useful english dictionary
close your eyes to something — close (your/its) eyes to (something) to ignore something. As a cop, I can t close my eyes to illegal drugs, even when I m not working. The church cannot close its eyes to suffering … New idioms dictionary
close your eyes to something — to ignore something bad that is happening when you should be doing something to stop it The government cannot close its eyes to this disease … English dictionary
close its eyes to — close (your/its) eyes to (something) to ignore something. As a cop, I can t close my eyes to illegal drugs, even when I m not working. The church cannot close its eyes to suffering … New idioms dictionary
close eyes to something — close (your/its) eyes to (something) to ignore something. As a cop, I can t close my eyes to illegal drugs, even when I m not working. The church cannot close its eyes to suffering … New idioms dictionary
close your eyes to — close (your/its) eyes to (something) to ignore something. As a cop, I can t close my eyes to illegal drugs, even when I m not working. The church cannot close its eyes to suffering … New idioms dictionary
close eyes to — close (your/its) eyes to (something) to ignore something. As a cop, I can t close my eyes to illegal drugs, even when I m not working. The church cannot close its eyes to suffering … New idioms dictionary
close — close1 [ klouz ] verb *** ▸ 1 shut ▸ 2 when business stops ▸ 3 stop use of road etc. ▸ 4 end/finish ▸ 5 reduce distance ▸ 6 stop business relations ▸ 7 finish business deal ▸ 8 put fingers around something ▸ 9 have value at end of day ▸ 10 join… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
close — I UK [kləʊz] / US [kloʊz] verb Word forms close : present tense I/you/we/they close he/she/it closes present participle closing past tense closed past participle closed *** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] if you close something, or if it closes,… … English dictionary
close — I SHUTTING OR COMPLETING ♦ closes, closing, closed (Pronounced [[t]klo͟ʊz[/t]] in close 1 and 3, and [[t]klo͟ʊs[/t]] in close 2 and 4.) 1) V ERG When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or… … English dictionary
