Usually means: Ignore or disregard deliberately; unresponsive.
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  1. turn a deaf ear: Merriam-Webster
  2. turn a deaf ear: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. turn a deaf ear: Collins English Dictionary
  4. turn a deaf ear: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. turn a deaf ear: Wiktionary
  6. turn a deaf ear: Dictionary.com
  7. turn a deaf ear: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. turn a deaf ear: Idioms

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  1. turn a deaf ear: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (turn a deaf ear)

verb:  (figuratively) To refuse to listen to. [with to ‘someone/something’]

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