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burying one's head in the sand

burying one's head in the sand is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about burying one's head in the sand

What is burying one's head in the sand the present participle and gerund of?
Burying one's head in the sand is the present participle and gerund of bury one's head in the sand.

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

  1. burying
  2. burying beetle
  3. burying beetles
  4. burying ground
  5. burying grounds
  6. burying one's head in the sand
  7. burying the hatchet
  8. burying the lede
  9. burying-ground
  10. burying-grounds
  11. buryingplace

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