close one's eyes

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close one's eyes (third-person singular simple present closes one's eyes, present participle closing one's eyes, simple past and past participle closed one's eyes)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see close,‎ one's,‎ eyes.
    Jim put his headphones over his ears and closed his eyes.
  2. (idiomatic) To ignore something.
  3. (idiomatic) To sleep.
    I wanna close my eyes, why don't you drive for a bit?

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