tune out
verbEtymology From tune + out.
1
Idiomatic To stop paying attention to; to ignore; to zone out.
- I have a hard time tuning out a television that is on.
- 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:
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.