English verb: blank out | |||
1. | blank out (cognition) be unable to remember | ||
Samples | I'm drawing a blank. You are blocking the name of your first wife!. | ||
Synonyms | block, draw a blank, forget | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | slip, slip one's mind | ||
Antonyms | recall, recollect, remember, call back, call up, retrieve, think | ||
2. | blank out (change) cut out, as for political reasons | ||
Samples | Several line in the report were blanked out. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | edit, redact | ||