Meanings
verblook away (third-person singular simple present looks away, present participle looking away, simple past and past participle looked away)
present singular third person looks away · participle present looking away · participle past looked away · past looked away
- intransitiveTo 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.
Translations
Arabic غضّ النظر, غضّ الطرف
- غضّ النظرignore something; to pretend not to see
- غضّ الطرفignore something; to pretend not to see
Esperanto forrigardi
- forrigardiignore something; to pretend not to see
German wegsehen, wegschauen
- wegsehenignore something; to pretend not to see
- wegschauenignore something; to pretend not to see
- wegblickenignore something; to pretend not to see
Cite this entry
APA
look away. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/look%20away
MLA
“look away.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/look%20away. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “look away,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/look%20away.
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