Meanings
present singular third person looks the other way · participle present looking the other way · participle past looked the other way · past looked the other way
- idiomaticTo ignore something wrong; to turn a blind eye to something; to connive at something.
The policeman decided to look the other way when he realized the criminal’s act could benefit him.
Synonyms: connive, shut one's eyes, wink
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo ignore something wrong; to turn a blind eye to something; to connive at something.
Translations
German wegschauen, wegsehen
- wegschauento ignore something wrong
- wegsehento ignore something wrong
Italian chiudere un occhio, fare finta di nulla
- chiudere un occhioto ignore something wrong
- fare finta di nullato ignore something wrong
- guardare dall'altra parteto ignore something wrong
- lasciare correreto ignore something wrong
Polish odwracać wzrok, odwrócić wzrok
- odwracać wzrokto ignore something wrong
- odwrócić wzrokto ignore something wrong
- patrzeć przez palceto ignore something wrong
Portuguese fazer vista grossa
- fazer vista grossato ignore something wrong
Spanish hacer la vista gorda, mirar para otro lado
- hacer la vista gordato ignore something wrong
- mirar para otro ladoto ignore something wrong
- hacer caso omisoto ignore something wrong
- mirar hacia otro ladoto ignore something wrong
Cite this entry
look the other way. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/look%20the%20other%20way
“look the other way.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/look%20the%20other%20way. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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