From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishturn a blind eye (to something)turn a blind eye (to something)to deliberately ignore something that you know should not be happening Teachers were turning a blind eye to smoking in school. → blind
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turn a blind eye (to something)• Directors know this is going on and turn a blind eye.• The best the authorities could do was turn a blind eye.• The staff knew what was going on but they turned a blind eye.• They just had to put up with it and turn a blind eye.• Automakers say that in their zeal to promote airbags, regulators turned a blind eye to evidence of hazards.• Rugby, whose spectators are a fairly respectable lot, turns a blind eye to fighting on the field.• Many landlords turn a blind eye to the fact that two families are sharing apartments.• But the police turn a blind eye to the lawbreaking.• He would prefer to turn a blind eye to the problem of asylum seekers around the world. 