avert your head

avert your head
avert your eyes/gaze/head/etc phrase
to turn your eyes or face away from something that you do not want to see
Thesaurus: to move your headhyponym general words meaning to look or not looksynonym to sit or lie downhyponym
Main entry: avert

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  • avert your gaze — avert your eyes/gaze/head/etc phrase to turn your eyes or face away from something that you do not want to see Thesaurus: to move your headhyponym general words meaning to look or not looksynonym to sit or lie down …   Useful english dictionary

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