Definition of draw a blank Draw a blank

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What does draw a blank mean?

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Verb

draw a blank - be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!"
  forget, block, blank out
  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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  • draw a blank (Verb)
    To be unable to produce a required piece of information.

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  • draw a blank
    To be unable to remember.

Pronunciation

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