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look the other way

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look the other way

to ignore something wrong or unpleasant that you know is happening instead of trying to deal with it. When one of their own friends or colleagues is involved in wrongdoing, people sometimes prefer to look the other way.

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look the other way

to ignore something wrong or unpleasant. When someone is having a serious problem, friends sometimes try to look the other way.

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