blank out
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blank out (third-person singular simple present blanks out, present participle blanking out, simple past and past participle blanked out)
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To become blank.
- He removed the paper from the heat, and the paper blanked out.
- The screen blanked out during the power cut.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to become blank.
- (idiomatic, transitive) 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[edit]
- blankout (noun)