shut one's eyes in English

Forms: shuts one's eyes [present, singular, third-person], shutting one's eyes [participle, present], shut one's eyes [participle, past], shut one's eyes [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|shut<,,shut> one's eyes}} shut one's eyes (third-person singular simple present shuts one's eyes, present participle shutting one's eyes, simple past and past participle shut one's eyes)

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    {
      "form": "shut one's eyes",
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          "text": "She was pretty, so he shut his eyes to all her faults.",
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        "To ignore or deliberately overlook."
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        "(idiomatic) To ignore or deliberately overlook."
      ],
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            "obsolete"
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          "word": "connive"
        },
        {
          "word": "turn a blind eye"
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          "word": "wink"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shuts one's eyes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shut one's eyes",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shut one's eyes",
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        "past"
      ]
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          "deliberately",
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        "(idiomatic) To ignore or deliberately overlook."
      ],
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        {
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            "obsolete"
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        },
        {
          "word": "turn a blind eye"
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  "word": "shut one's eyes"
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"shut one's eyes" meaning in English

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