Usually means: Ignore something deliberately; feign unawareness.
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  1. turn a blind eye: Merriam-Webster
  2. turn a blind eye: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. turn a blind eye: Collins English Dictionary
  4. turn a blind eye: Vocabulary.com
  5. turn a blind eye: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. turn a blind eye: Wiktionary
  7. turn a blind eye: Dictionary.com
  8. Turn a blind eye: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. turn a blind eye: Rhymezone
  10. turn a blind eye: FreeDictionary.org
  11. turn a blind eye: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. turn a blind eye: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. Turn a blind eye: Phrase Finder

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  1. turn a blind eye: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. turn a blind eye: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (turn a blind eye)

verb:  (intransitive, idiomatic) To deliberately or knowingly ignore, overlook, or refuse to acknowledge something, especially when improper or unpleasant; to look the other way. [with to]

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