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Idiom: Blank Out

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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."

Example Sentences

1
She tends to blank out when someone starts talking about politics.
2
I frequently blank out when I'm tired and can't concentrate on anything.
3
I sometimes blank out on important dates and forget birthdays.
4
Whenever he gets nervous, his mind tends to blank out and he can't think straight.

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