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buried one's head in the sand

buried one's head in the sand is the simple past and past participle of bury one's head in the sand.

Meaning of bury one's head in the sand

Verb

bury one's head in the sand (third-person singular simple present buries one's head in the sand, present participle burying one's head in the sand, simple past and past participle buried one's head in the sand)

  1. (idiomatic) To deliberately ignore the reality of a situation; to pretend a problem does not exist.
    • Now this doubtness is an unhappy state of affairs to the lover of the steam locomotive, but we cannot, like the proverbial ostrich, bury our heads in the sand and refuse to face facts.1950 January, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 13

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What is buried one's head in the sand the simple past and past participle of?
Buried one's head in the sand is the simple past and past participle of bury one's head in the sand.

Words near buried one's head in the sand in the dictionary

  1. Buridan's bridge
  2. Buridan's donkey
  3. Buridanian
  4. burie
  5. buried
  6. buried one's head in the sand
  7. buried penis
  8. buried the hatchet
  9. buried the lead
  10. buried the lede
  11. buried treasure

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