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look away

look away verb: to ignore something; to pretend not to have seen or noticed something; to avoid dealing with something.

Verb

look away (third-person singular simple present looks away, present participle looking away, simple past and past participle looked away)

  1. (intransitive) To ignore something; to pretend not to have seen or noticed something; to avoid dealing with something.
    • It's important not to look away from difficult situations like this.

look away meaning in Arabic

look away in Arabic

ignore something; to pretend not to see
غضّ النظر, غضّ الطرف

Forms of look away

third-person singular presentlooks away
present participlelooking away
past participlelooked away
pastlooked away

Questions about look away

What does look away mean?
Look away means to ignore something; to pretend not to have seen or noticed something; to avoid dealing with something.
What is look away in Arabic?
Look away in Arabic is غضّ النظر, غضّ الطرف. See Look away meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is look away?
Look away is a verb.
What is the past tense of look away?
The past tense of look away is looked away.

Words near look away in the dictionary

  1. look at
  2. look at it this way
  3. look at me
  4. look at oneself in the mirror
  5. look at you
  6. look away
  7. look back
  8. look backs
  9. look before one leaps
  10. look beyond
  11. look beyond the end of one's nose

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