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Phrase(s): close one’s eyes to something [and] shut one’s eyes to something 1. Lit. to close one’s eyes to avoid seeing something unpleasant. • I had to close my eyes to the carnage about me. I couldn’t bear to look. 2. Fig. to ignore something; to pretend that something is not happening. • Maria simply shut her eyes to the bad morale in her department.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs