blank on

verb

To be temporarily unable to remember (a particular fact).

“I’m blanking on her name right now.”

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freeze onfreeze up on
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Meanings

verbblank on (third-person singular simple present blanks on, present participle blanking on, simple past and past participle blanked on)

present singular third person blanks on · participle present blanking on · participle past blanked on · past blanked on

  1. informaltransitiveTo be temporarily unable to remember (a particular fact).

    I’m blanking on her name right now.

    Synonyms: freeze on, freeze up on

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo be temporarily unable to remember (a particular fact).

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freeze onfreeze up on
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APA

blank on. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blank%20on

MLA

“blank on.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blank%20on. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blank on,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blank%20on.

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