look away

• Verbe à particule désignant l'action de détourner le regard de quelque chose ou de quelqu'un, souvent pour éviter de voir ou d'ignorer.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of turning one's gaze away from something or someone, often to avoid seeing or acknowledging it.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. Turn gaze elsewhereformal

   To direct one's eyes away from something or someone.

   détourner le regard

   • She looked away when he started crying.
   • He looked away from the bright light.
   • The child looked away shyly when the stranger spoke to him.

   Synonymesavertturn away

   Antonymesconfrontfacemeetregard

2. Avoid seeing something unpleasantinformal

   To deliberately turn your eyes from something disturbing or upsetting.

   détourner le regard

   • I had to look away during the gory scene in the movie.
   • She looked away from the accident scene.
   • He couldn't bear to watch and looked away.

   Synonymesturn away

   Antonymesconfrontface

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