Definition of blank out Blank out

We found 14 definitions of blank out from 3 different sources.

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What does blank out mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Verb

blank out - cut out, as for political reasons; "several line in the report were blanked out"
  redact, edit prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"
blank out - be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!"
  forget, block, draw a blank
  recollect, call back, call up, retrieve, recall, remember, think return or repeat a telephone call; "I am busy right now--can you call back in an hour?"; "She left a message but the contractor never called back"
  slip one's mind, slip insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • blank out (Verb)
    To become blank.
  • blank out (Verb)
    To temporarily lose memory.
  • blank out (Verb)
    He blanked out five minutes into the meeting.
  • blank out (Verb)
    I'm blanking out on your name, I'm afraid.
  • blank out (Verb)
    To cause something to become blank.
  • blank out (Verb)
    To erase something, leaving a blank in its place.
  • blank out (Verb)
    The teacher blanked out some words from the text, which the students had to fill in.
  • blank out (Verb)
    They had to blank out five obscenities before airing the song.
  • blank out (Verb)
    To erase from one's memory.
  • blank out (Verb)
    He blanked out the abuse he had suffered as a child.
  • blank out (Verb)
    To set even, to neutralise.

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  • blank out
    To be unable to remember.

Pronunciation

Sign Language

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