(Malaysia, Singapore, idiomatic) to look the other way, to deliberately ignore or overlook (a mistake or transgression).

simple past tense and past participle of close one's eyes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of close one's eyes

present participle of close one's eyes

(humorous) One who does not speak can be sure of not saying anything embarrassing.

(US, idiomatic, humorous, derogatory) Adequate: acceptable as government work, imperfect but not worth the time or effort of improving.

Coming close to achieving a goal is not good enough.

(idiomatic) To become overly ambitious or greedy.

It's best not to talk too much.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, too, close, to, home. / (idiomatic) To occur too close for comfort; to happen dangerously or uncomfortably near.