Meaning of draw a blank | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To be unable to recall a required piece of information.
   idiomatic
2. To fail; not to find anything; to produce no successful response.
   idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“I should know that person's name, but I'm drawing a blank.”

“"Oh," she replied, "when I came to think of it, I saw, that you were right. I thought, 'twas quite likely it [the lottery ticket] would draw a blank.[…]"”

“When she brainstormed about what else she would do, where else she would go, her mind drew a blank.”

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