wink at (English, verb)
expansion: wink at (third-person singular simple present winks at, present participle winking at, simple past and past participle winked at)
Senses:
glosses: To turn a blind eye to (something); to corruptly ignore (some wrongdoing); to pretend not to have seen (something); to signal one's approval of (illicit activities) while maintaining the ability to plausibly deny knowing about it; to tolerate or tacitly encourage (inappropriate, immoral or illegal behavior).
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: winks at
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: winking at
tags: participle
present
form: winked at
tags: participle
past
form: winked at
tags: past