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Meaning of black in | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To regain or return to consciousness or attentiveness after having blacked out.

intransitive, uncommon

Examples

“Willa and Eddie barely left my side as I blacked in and blacked out over the—what? Days? Weeks? Time is unreadably stretched out on the serious postsurgical wards. It's hard to say what's a day or what's a night […]”
“I blacked in and out – I can't remember why he showed me the rooms. I didn't know where Antonio or the rest of his friends were, but I was too spaced out to care. Finally, I blacked out completely. When I became conscious again,[…]”
“She blacked out maybe, and when she blacked back in, she looked again at her screen. The eyes of the love of her life were startling, truly. His eyes did not betray him. But Grace knew now, where the good people were.”
“I just blacked back in, why is there an anvil in front of me?”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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