idiom
turn a blind eye
TERN uh BLYND EYE
tɜːrn ə blaɪnd aɪListen
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Syllable breakdown
turnablindeye
Dictionary meaning
deliberately ignore or overlook something one knows to be wrong or problematic; choose not to acknowledge an inconvenient truth; pretend not to notice what is happening
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