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shuts one's eyes

shuts one's eyes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shut one's eyes.

Meaning of shut one's eyes

Verb

shut one's eyes (third-person singular simple present shuts one's eyes, present participle shutting one's eyes, simple past and past participle shut one's eyes)

  1. (idiomatic) To ignore or deliberately overlook.
    • She was pretty, so he shut his eyes to all her faults.

Questions about shuts one's eyes

What is shuts one's eyes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shuts one's eyes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shut one's eyes.

Words near shuts one's eyes in the dictionary

  1. shuts away
  2. shuts down
  3. shuts in
  4. shuts of
  5. shuts off
  6. shuts one's eyes
  7. shuts one's eyes and thinks of England
  8. shuts one's face
  9. shuts one's gob
  10. shuts one's head
  11. shuts one's mouth

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