Meaning of block out | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to prevent from entering or penetrating.
   transitive
2. to prevent (a thought) from entering one's mind.
   idiomatic, transitive
3. to cover something, so as to make it impossible to see.
   transitive
4. to begin to reduce to shape; to mark out roughly; to lay out.
   transitive

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Examples

“High-factor suncream blocks out the sun's rays.”

“First Class has curtains throughout, and they are sturdy, dark and block out the light very well.”

“After finding out she had terminal cancer, she tried to block out any thoughts of her own mortality.”

“Wow, way to go, baby! I gotta block out how much better you are than me...”

“to block out a plan”

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