shut eyes to

shut (one's) eyes to (something)

To willfully ignore, pretend not to notice, or choose not to deal with something. You can't just shut your eyes to your child's bad choices and bad behavior—you have to find ways to help them do better. Our boss would rather shut his eyes to the truth than figure out how to keep the company from going bankrupt.
See also: eye, shut
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

shut (one's) eyes to

To refuse to consider or acknowledge: administrators who shut their eyes to pervasive corruption.
See also: eye, shut
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • shut (one's) eyes to (something)
  • shut your eyes to
  • shut/close your eyes to something
  • as bad as all that
  • be downhill all the way
  • downhill all the way
  • bad company
  • have a bad opinion of (someone or something)
  • have a good, bad, high, low, etc. opinion of somebody/something
  • story of my life, the
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