katsoa läpi sormien

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Finnish

Alternative forms

  • katsoa sormien läpi

Verb

katsoa läpi sormien

  1. (figurative, transitive) to turn a blind eye, to overlook, to gloss over (lit. to look through (one's) fingers)
    Hallinto katsoi dopingia läpi sormien
    Government turned a blind eye to doping

Conjugation

See katsoa. läpi sormien is not inflected.