shut one's eyes

English

Verb

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)

1. (idiomatic) To ignore or deliberately overlook.

   Synonyms: (obsolete) connive, turn a blind eye, wink

   She was pretty, so he shut his eyes to all her faults.

Translations

to ignore or deliberately overlook — see turn a blind eye