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idiomturn a blind eye (to)if someone, especially a person in authority, turns a blind eye to something that is not supposed to happen, they ignore it and do not do anything about it:Parking here is actually illegal, but the police are prepared to turn a blind eye to it.We get a lot of burglaries, but if people notice anything they turn a blind eye, because they don't want to get involved. —compare turn a deaf ear (to sth)
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