Meanings
How to pronounce "blank out":
To become blank. To temporarily lose memory.
Example: "He removed the paper from the heat, and the paper blanked out."
Example: "The screen blanked out during the power cut."
Example: "He blanked out five minutes into the meeting."
To temporarily lose memory.
Example: "He blanked out five minutes into the meeting."
Example: "I'm blanking out on your name, I'm afraid."
To cause (something) to become blank. To erase (something), leaving a blank in its place. To erase from one's memory.
Example: "The teacher blanked out some words from the text, which the students had to fill in."
Example: "They had to blank out five obscenities before airing the song."
Example: "He blanked out the abuse he had suffered as a child."
To erase (something), leaving a blank in its place.
Example: "The teacher blanked out some words from the text, which the students had to fill in."
Example: "They had to blank out five obscenities before airing the song."
To erase from one's memory.
Example: "He blanked out the abuse he had suffered as a child."