look the other way

English

Verb

look the other way (third-person singular simple present looks the other way, present participle looking the other way, simple past and past participle looked the other way)

(idiomatic) To ignore something wrong; to turn a blind eye; to connive (at).
The policeman decided to look the other way when he realized the criminal's act could benefit him.

Translations

To ignore something wrong

German: wegsehen (de), wegschauen

Russian: смотре́ть сквозь па́льцы (ru) (smotrétʹ skvozʹ pálʹcy) (look through one's fingers)

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