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close one eye

Verb

Meaning

close one eye (third-person singular simple present closes one eye, present participle closing one eye, simple past and past participle closed one eye)

(Malaysia, Singapore, idiomatic) to look the other way, to deliberately ignore or overlook (a mistake or transgression).
2019 November, Ko, Stella, “Photographer subverts Singapore's 'sterile' reputation by capturing dream-like images of the city-state”, in CNN‎:"It's also a distinctly Singaporean trait to carry on with whatever you can get away with," he added. "As long as the authorities close one eye."

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Examples

To find a friend one must close one eye - to keep him, two. Norman Douglas

If you are travelling in the blind man's country close one eye. Romanian Proverb

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