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look the other way

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Deliberately overlook something, especially something of an illicit nature. For example, They're not really entitled to a discount but the sales manager decided to look the other way . This expression uses the other way in the sense of “away from what is normal or expected.”

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We can choose to look the other way as political activists are targeted, detained, repressed and deported for their ethnic backgrounds and political views.

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Now DOJ lawyers are being directed to find and prosecute DEI programs, in violation of the First Amendment; to strip birthright citizenship from children, in violation of the 14th; and to look the other way if American businesses foster corruption abroad.

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“I don’t want any contact, ever, with any police officer. I see a police car, I look the other way,” he said.

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But I can just look the other way to some degree.

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Willis asked that Trump cease using his music at rallies, saying he "can no longer look the other way."

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