Meaning of blank out | Babel Free

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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