Turn a blind eye to
Deliberately overlook, ignore, as in She decided to turn a blind eye to her roommate’s goings-on . This expression is believed to come from the siege of Copenhagen (1801), in which Lord Horatio Nelson, second in command of the English fleet, was ordered to withdraw but pretended not to see the flagship’s signals to do so by putting his glass to the eye that had been blinded in an earlier battle. His attack led to a major victory. Also see turn a deaf ear
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- Turnabout is fair play
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- Turn a deaf ear
Refuse to listen, as in You can plead all day but he’s turning a deaf ear to everyone . This expression dates from the first half of the 1400s and was in most proverb collections from 1546 on. Also see fall on deaf ears
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verb 1. (preposition) to change or cause to change one’s attitude so as to become hostile or to retaliate turn against Become or make antagonistic to, as in Adolescents often turn against their parents, but only temporarily, or She turned him against his colleagues by telling him they were spying on him. [ First half […]
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[turn-uh n-bangk] /ˈtɜrn ənˈbæŋk/ noun, Aeronautics. 1. bank-and-turn indicator.