close one's eyes

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close one's eyes

verb closes one's eyes · closing one's eyes · closed one's eyes

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see close, one's, eyes. Jim put his headphones over his ears and closed his eyes.
  2. idiomatic To ignore something.
  3. idiomatic To sleep. I wanna close my eyes, why don't you drive for a bit?

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verb to ignore

Françaisfermer les yeux, ignorer
Русскийзакры́ть глаза́ zakrýtʹ glazá, смотре́ть сквозь па́льцы smotrétʹ skvozʹ pálʹcy

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@misc{close_one_s_eyes_2026,
  title = {close one's eyes},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/close%20one's%20eyes},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}