blank out
verb- To become blank. · He removed the paper from the heat, and the paper blanked out.· The screen blanked out during the power cut.
- To temporarily lose memory. · He blanked out five minutes into the meeting.· I'm blanking out on your name, I'm afraid.
- 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.
- To erase from one's memory. · He blanked out the abuse he had suffered as a child.
- To get even; to neutralise. · Beckham's second-half goal blanked out Filippi's first-half header to put the score at 1-1.
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