Wink At (something) Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms - What does Wink At (something) Idiom mean?

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wink at (something) What does wink at (something) mean?	allow and pretend not to know about something (a law or rule being broken)	The school librarian sometimes winks at the rule about borrowing a maximum of three books.
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Wink At (something) Idiom