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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

close one eye en · VERB

Etymology

Compare close one's eyes.

Meanings

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore, idiomatic) to look the other way, to deliberately ignore or overlook (a mistake or transgression).
    • "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." 2019 November, Stella Ko, “Photographer subverts Singapore's 'sterile' reputation by capturing dream-like images of the city-state”, in CNN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
closing one eye Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
closes one eye Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
closed one eye Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
closed one eye Tense=Past lexicographic