"look away" meaning in All languages combined

See look away on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: looks away [present, singular, third-person], looking away [participle, present], looked away [participle, past], looked away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} look away (third-person singular simple present looks away, present participle looking away, simple past and past participle looked away)
  1. (intransitive) To ignore something; to pretend not to have seen or noticed something; to avoid dealing with something. Tags: intransitive
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        "To ignore something; to pretend not to have seen or noticed something; to avoid dealing with something."
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        "(intransitive) To ignore something; to pretend not to have seen or noticed something; to avoid dealing with something."
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        "To ignore something; to pretend not to have seen or noticed something; to avoid dealing with something."
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        "(intransitive) To ignore something; to pretend not to have seen or noticed something; to avoid dealing with something."
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