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Discover LudwigThe phrase "act blind" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is intentionally ignoring something or choosing not to see a situation for what it is.
Example: "Despite the evidence presented, he chose to act blind to the reality of the situation."
Alternatives: "turn a blind eye" or "pretend not to see".
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She was the first actress to subtly and convincingly act blind on camera due to her near-sightedness, and Cherrill signed a contract on November 1 , 1928
Feel around a lot to see where you are, to act blind.
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Yet those responsible for the NHS still refuse to act, blinded by their own delusional optimism, or perhaps wilful deception.
This was a highly symbolic act: blinding was the usual punishment usually meted out to heretics and rebels, or to deposed emperors and other political rivals to prevent them from becoming a threat.
"Companies have acted blind towards the systemic problem of child abuse images.
The reason for rejecting the claim that meaning something and presentation can enter a relation of fulfillment becomes obvious if one considers how Reinach qualifies meaning acts: being "blind," these acts simply cannot have intuitive content.
With your first book, this is an act of blind faith.
"The repeal of the carbon price at a time when climate change is already affecting Australia is an act of blind irrationality".
There is no danger that the Congress that enacted the Refugee Act was blind to the fact that the laws it was crafting had implications beyond this Nation's borders.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), which administers the Endangered Species Act, is blind to the limits of its imperium, which it thinks encompasses telling John Yearwood what he can and cannot do on the ranch that has been in his family since 1871.
For decades, in the days before the 1984 Police and Criminal Evidence Act, a blind eye had been turned to their often shady tactics, which included getting close to the criminal fraternity.
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