- shut your ears to something
- to refuse to listen to something, usually something bad
She shut her ears to all their complaints.
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shut your ears to something — phrase to refuse to listen to something, usually something bad She shut her ears to all their complaints. Thesaurus: to fail or refuse to listensynonym Main entry: shut * * * shut/close your ˈears to sth idiom to refuse to li … Useful english dictionary
shut — shut1 [ ʃʌt ] (past tense and past participle shut) verb *** 1. ) transitive to close something, for example a door, window, or drawer: Please shut the door behind you. Shut the gate or the dog will get out. Don t worry about the curtains, I ll… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
shut — I UK [ʃʌt] / US verb Word forms shut : present tense I/you/we/they shut he/she/it shuts present participle shutting past tense shut past participle shut *** 1) [transitive] to close something, for example a door, window, or drawer Please shut the … English dictionary
shut — 1 /SVt/ verb past tense and past participle past tense and past participle shut present participle shutting 1 (I, T) to close something, or to become closed: The door shut with a bang. | She lay down on her bed and shut her eyes. | Laruelle put… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
shut — shut1 W2S1 [ʃʌt] v past tense and past participle shut present participle shutting [: Old English; Origin: scyttan] 1.) [I and T] to close something, or to become closed ▪ Shut the window, Ellen! ▪ I heard his bedroom door shut. ▪ She lay down on … Dictionary of contemporary English
shut — v. (shutting; past and past part. shut) 1 tr. a move (a door, window, lid, lips, etc.) into position so as to block an aperture (shut the lid). b close or seal (a room, window, box, eye, mouth, etc.) by moving a door etc. (shut the box). 2 intr.… … Useful english dictionary
ear — W2S2 [ıə US ır] n ↑ear, ↑nose, ↑tooth, ↑eye ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(part of your body)¦ 2¦(hearing)¦ 3¦(grain)¦ 4 smile/grin etc from ear to ear 5 6 a sympathetic ear 7 close/shut your ears to something … Dictionary of contemporary English
ear — noun 1 PART OF YOUR BODY (C) one of the organs on either side of your head that you hear with: Lou turned to Mark and whispered something in his ear. 2 HEARING (U) the ability to hear sounds: too high pitched to be heard by the human ear | have… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
close — close1 [ klouz ] verb *** ▸ 1 shut ▸ 2 when business stops ▸ 3 stop use of road etc. ▸ 4 end/finish ▸ 5 reduce distance ▸ 6 stop business relations ▸ 7 finish business deal ▸ 8 put fingers around something ▸ 9 have value at end of day ▸ 10 join… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
open — o|pen1 W1S1 [ˈəupən US ˈou ] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(door/container etc)¦ 2¦(eyes/mouth)¦ 3¦(not enclosed)¦ 4¦(not covered)¦ 5 the open air 6¦(business/building etc)¦ 7¦(not restricted)¦ 8¦(opportunity)¦ 9¦(not secret)¦ 10¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
