blank out

Definitions

1. To become blank.
   idiomatic, intransitive
2. To temporarily lose memory.
   idiomatic, intransitive
3. To cause (something) to become blank.
   transitive
4. To erase (something), leaving a blank in its place.
   transitive
5. To erase from one's memory.
   transitive
6. To get even; to neutralise.
   idiomatic, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“He removed the paper from the heat, and the paper blanked out.”

“The screen blanked out during the power cut⟳.”

“He blanked out five minutes into the meeting.”

“I'm blanking out on your name⟳, I'm afraid.”

“The teacher blanked out some words from the text, which the students had to fill⟳ in.”

“They had to blank out five obscenities before airing the song.”

“He blanked out the abuse he had suffered as a child.”

“Beckham's second-half goal blanked out Filippi's first-half header to put⟳ the score⟳ at 1-1.”

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