Block-out Definition

verb

To prevent from entering or penetrating.

High-factor suncream blocks out the sun's rays.
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(idiomatic) To prevent (a thought) from entering one's mind.
After finding out she had terminal cancer, she tried to block out any thoughts of her own mortality.
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To cover something, so as to make it impossible to see.

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To begin to reduce to shape; to mark out roughly; to lay out.
To block out a plan.
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Block-out Sentence Examples

  • I couldn't block out of my mind, my wife's statement a few days ago; think of all the children who he could be saving.

  • She repeated the sentence over and over to try to block out what her senses told her about the size of the monster.

  • We encourage our students to block out time to complete weekly assignment, review notes and take practice exams.

  • The nagging question of Fitzgerald continued to block out the other important matters Dean should have been concentrating on.

  • All she wanted was the coziness of her studio, where she could block out everything and paint.

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