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shut (one's) eyes to

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shut   (shŭt)   
v.   shut, shut·ting, shuts

v.   tr.

  1. To move (a door or lid, for example) so as to block passage through an opening.

  2. To block entrance to or exit from; close: shut a corridor.

  3. To fasten with a lock, catch, or latch.

  4. To confine in or as if in a closed space: shut them in a cage.

  5. To exclude from or as if from a closed space: shut the cats out of the house.

  6. To cause to stop operating: shut down a restaurant; a school that was shut for the vacation.

v.   intr.

  1. To move or become moved so as to block passage; close: a door that shuts by itself.

  2. To stop operating, especially automatically: The electricity shuts off at midnight.

n.  

  1. The act or time of shutting.

  2. The line of connection between welded pieces of metal.

  3. To stop the flow or passage of; cut off: shut off the hot water by closing a valve.

  4. To close off; isolate: loners who shut themselves off from the community.

  5. To cause (someone) to stop speaking; silence.

  6. To stop speaking.

Phrasal Verb(s):
shut off

  1. To stop the flow or passage of; cut off: shut off the hot water by closing a valve.

  2. To close off; isolate: loners who shut themselves off from the community.

shut out Sports To prevent (an opponent) from scoring any runs or points.
shut up

  1. To cause (someone) to stop speaking; silence.

  2. To stop speaking.


Idiom(s):
shut (one's) eyes toTo refuse to consider or acknowledge: administrators who shut their eyes to pervasive corruption.

[Middle English shutten, from Old English scyttan; see skeud- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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