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shutting one's eyes

shutting one's eyes is the present participle and gerund 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 shutting one's eyes

What is shutting one's eyes the present participle and gerund of?
Shutting one's eyes is the present participle and gerund of shut one's eyes.

Words near shutting one's eyes in the dictionary

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

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