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View definitions for block out

block out

verb as in plan course

verb as in try to forget

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I wrote to my father-in-law to ask about the therapy session, and he said “I don’t recall going. Possibly blocked out.”

The more they spiraled, the harder it became for speculation about the after-effects of last October to be blocked out.

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Schedule recurring tasks so they happen automatically - for example, block out lunch in your diary each day or set weekly reminders for bills and chores.

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A major ongoing effort is building safe-passage networks one, two and three blocks out from a campus.

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Those stars create huge amounts of bright light that can block out nearby objects.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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