shut\ one's\ eyes

shut\ one's\ eyes
• close one's eyes
• shut one's eyes
v. phr.
To refuse to see or think about.

The park is beautiful if you shut your eyes to the litter.

The ice was very thin, but the boys shut their eyes to the danger and went skating.

Compare: open one's eyes

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