look the other way

Example Sentences

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It’s getting beat up by thugs in the street while the police look the other way.

From New York Times

Morgan says he thinks “a lot of people” are upset about the attorney general “trying to pretend that he cares about public safety when he’s done everything to look the other way and avoid solving any of the problems and almost every activity he’s done as the attorney general has actually made it a lot worse.”

From Seattle Times

I think that means you can technically be gay, so long as the church feels it can look the other way.

From Seattle Times

To get people to see that violence is not negative, including violence against your neighbors, or that you're going to look the other way when your neighbor's deported.

From Salon

He said it’s easy to understand why some elected officials in Oklahoma, even sheriffs, might look the other way when it comes to cockfighting.

From Seattle Times