close one's eyes

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Verb

close one's eyes (third-person singular simple present closes one's eyes, present participle closing one's eyes, simple past and past participle closed one's eyes)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see close,‎ one's,‎ eyes.
Jim put his headphones over his ears and closed his eyes.
(idiomatic) To ignore something.
(idiomatic) To sleep.
I wanna close my eyes, why don't you drive for a bit?

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to close one's eyes

Bengali: চোখ বোজা (bn) (cōkh bōja)
Swedish: blunda (sv)

to ignore

Finnish: sulkea silmänsä, ummistaa silmänsä
French: fermer les yeux (fr), ignorer (fr)
Latvian: pievērt acis, piemiegt acis
Russian: закры́ть глаза́ (ru) (zakrýtʹ glazá), смотре́ть сквозь па́льцы (ru) (smotrétʹ skvozʹ pálʹcy)
Swedish: blunda (sv)

to sleep

Swedish: blunda (sv)

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