Definition

Verb: - To deliberately turn one's eyes away from something; to avert one's gaze to avoid seeing something.

Usage

This verb is used when someone intentionally stops looking at something, often because it is unpleasant, disturbing, embarrassing, or to give privacy. It describes a conscious act of shifting one's visual focus elsewhere.

Examples

Advanced Usage

• "to look away from": This is the most common construction, specifying the thing being avoided.
  • The judge told the jury not to look away from the evidence, however unpleasant.

Variants and Related Words

• Avert (one's eyes/gaze): A more formal synonym for "look away."
  • He averted his gaze from the accident.

Synonyms

• Avert one's gaze
• Turn away
• Glance away

Related Phrases

• Can't look away: An idiom meaning something is so compelling or shocking that one cannot stop watching it.
  • The documentary was so gripping, I couldn't look away.

Verb

1. avert one's gaze
   • She looked away when the nurse pricked her arm with the needle