tune out

present singular third person tunes out · participle present tuning out · participle past tuned out · past tuned out

1. idiomaticintransitivetransitiveTo stop paying attention to; to ignore; to zone out.

   I have a hard time tuning out a television that is on.

   1 more example

   Ants are everywhere, in such abundance that we tune them out like we tune out traffic noise.

   2016, Nathanael Johnson, Unseen City, →ISBN, page 123

   Synonyms: space out, zone out

2. To change the channel or frequency away from.

   I was tired of talk radio so I tuned out of that station and tuned into one playing all music.