blank out
verb1
Idiomatic To become blank.
- He removed the paper from the heat, and the paper blanked out.
- The screen blanked out during the power cut.
2
Idiomatic To temporarily lose memory.
- He blanked out five minutes into the meeting.
- I'm blanking out on your name, I'm afraid.
› To cause (something) to become blank.
3
To erase (something), leaving a blank in its place.
- The teacher blanked out some words from the text, which the students had to fill in.
- They had to blank out five obscenities before airing the song.
4
To erase from one's memory.
- He blanked out the abuse he had suffered as a child.
5
Idiomatic To get even; to neutralise.
- Beckham's second-half goal blanked out Filippi's first-half header to put the score at 1-1.
- Derived terms
- blankout