Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To ignore or deliberately overlook.

    She was pretty, so he shut his eyes to all her faults.

Forms

shuts one's eyes, shutting one's eyes, shut one's eyes, shut one's eyes
Base formshut one's eyes · to shut one's eyes
3rd person singularshuts one's eyes
Present participleshutting one's eyes
Past simpleshut one's eyes
Past participleshut one's eyes

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyshut one's eyes
he, she, itshuts one's eyes

Past simpleLesson

all personsshut one's eyes

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave shut one's eyes
he, she, ithas shut one's eyes

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill shut one's eyes

Synonyms

3 synonyms
winkB2conniveturn a blind eye

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shushshutA2shutdownshuttershuttle
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