turn a deaf ear
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turn a deaf ear (third-person singular simple present turns a deaf ear, present participle turning a deaf ear, simple past and past participle turned a deaf ear)
- (figuratively, transitive with to) To refuse to listen to something.
- They turned a deaf ear to her entreaties.
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to refuse to listen or hear something
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Further reading[edit]
- “turn a deaf ear to something” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “turn a deaf ear”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “turn a deaf ear”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.