blank out

/blæŋk aʊt/
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Other forms: blanked out; blanking out; blanks out

Definitions of blank out
  1. verb
    cut out, as for political reasons
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    type of:
    edit, redact
    prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
  2. verb
    be unable to remember
    synonyms: block, draw a blank, forget
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    types:
    slip, slip one's mind
    pass out of one's memory
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