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look the other way

  1. Deliberately overlook something, especially something of an illicit nature. For example, They're not really entitled to a discount but the sales manager decided to look the other way. This expression uses the other way in the sense of “away from what is normal or expected.”



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The Dodgers are once again asking a significant portion of their fans to look the other way, but how can they look the other way when these developments affect many of them directly?

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If confirmed, these nominees would be expected to not only look the other way as the building blocks of America’s democracy are gutted, but to pave the way for Trump’s radical agenda — gutting reproductive freedoms and allowing the administration to take health care away from millions.

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We can choose to look the other way as political activists are targeted, detained, repressed and deported for their ethnic backgrounds and political views.

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Now DOJ lawyers are being directed to find and prosecute DEI programs, in violation of the First Amendment; to strip birthright citizenship from children, in violation of the 14th; and to look the other way if American businesses foster corruption abroad.

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“I don’t want any contact, ever, with any police officer. I see a police car, I look the other way,” he said.

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