look away in English

Forms: looks away [present, singular, third-person], looking away [participle, present], looked away [participle, past], looked away [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} look away (third-person singular simple present looks away, present participle looking away, simple past and past participle looked away)

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "looks away",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looking away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked away",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "look away (third-person singular simple present looks away, present participle looking away, simple past and past participle looked away)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"away\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's important not to look away from difficult situations like this."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ignore something; to pretend not to have seen or noticed something; to avoid dealing with something."
      ],
      "id": "en-look_away-en-verb-2sFsATq0",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To ignore something; to pretend not to have seen or noticed something; to avoid dealing with something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "look away"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "looks away",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looking away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked away",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "look away (third-person singular simple present looks away, present participle looking away, simple past and past participle looked away)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"away\"",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's important not to look away from difficult situations like this."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ignore something; to pretend not to have seen or noticed something; to avoid dealing with something."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To ignore something; to pretend not to have seen or noticed something; to avoid dealing with something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "look away"
}

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"look away" meaning in English

Verb