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To wink

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wink vi	(eye movement)	faire un clin d'œil vi
 	Un jeune homme dans le métro m'a fait un clin d'œil.
wink n	(eye movement)	clin d'œil nm
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Compound Forms/Formes composées
the wink le clin d’œil nm
wink at [sb] vtr phrasal insep (blink one eye at) faire un clin d’œil à qqn loc v
When the handsome young man smiled and winked at her, she began to blush.
Quand le beau garçon a souri et lui a fait un clin d’œil, elle a commencé à rougir.*
wink at [sth] vtr phrasal insep informal, figurative (tolerate, ignore) fig fermer les yeux sur vtr
The church has finally started to face up to sexual abuse by the clergy, after years of winking at it.
L’église a finalement reconnu les abus sexuels dans le clergé après avoir fermé les yeux pendant des années.
wink at faire un clin d’œil v intr
wink at fermer les yeux quelques secondes v intr
wink at pour une lumière clignoter v intr
wink at [sth] v (tolerate: wrong doing) fig fermer les yeux sur qch loc v
wink of an eye clin d’œil
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‘wink’ found in these entries
French:
clin d’œil - œillade - faire un clin d’œil (à qqn) - ne pas fermer l’œil de la nuit - sous-entendu

Forums WR - discussions dont le titre comprend le(s) mot(s) "wink" :
a nod and a wink
A nod is as good as a wink
A wink and a nod
Cough cough, wink wink
didn't get a wink of sleep all night
never slept a wink
on a wink and a prayer
To wink out
Wink / Blink
wink leak factor
wink over like grandmothers
Wink Wink Nudge Nudge
Wink-and-titter
Wink-worthy eyes
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