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  1. bury one's head in the sand: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. bury one's head in the sand, bury one's head in the sand: Collins English Dictionary
  3. bury one's head in the sand: Wiktionary
  4. bury one's head in the sand, bury ones head in the sand: Dictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (bury one's head in the sand)

verb:  (idiomatic) To deliberately ignore the reality of a situation; to pretend a problem does not exist.


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