blank out

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

1. idiomaticintransitiveTo become blank.

   The screen blanked out during the power cut.

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   He removed the paper from the heat, and the paper blanked out.

   1. idiomaticintransitiveTo temporarily lose memory.

      I'm blanking out on your name, I'm afraid.

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      He blanked out five minutes into the meeting.

2. To cause (something) to become blank.
   1. transitiveTo erase (something), leaving a blank in its place.

      They had to blank out five obscenities before airing the song.

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      The teacher blanked out some words from the text, which the students had to fill in.

   2. transitiveTo erase from one's memory.

      He blanked out the abuse he had suffered as a child.

3. idiomatictransitiveTo get even; to neutralise.

   Beckham's second-half goal blanked out Filippi's first-half header to put the score at 1-1.