Thesaurus
wink at
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of WINK
to dismiss as of little importance <for too long the school just winked at the young athletes' hooliganism, dismissing it as a case of “boys being boys”>
Synonyms blink (at), brush (aside or off), condone, discount, disregard, forgive, gloss (over), gloze (over), ignore, overlook, overpass, paper over, pardon, pass over, remit, shrug off, whitewash, wink (at)
Seen & Heard
What made you want to look up wink[-3,verb]? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).