blanking out
Suddenly drawing blank
Blanking out is forgetting or failing to recall something, especially suddenly or under pressure: I totally blanked out during the exam.
It also describes losing awareness or consciousness briefly: She blanked out for a moment after the fall.
The phrase suggests a mental void where information or attention should be.
- whiteoutSnow blindness weather
- blackoutComplete power loss
- forgetFail to recall
- unconsciousnessComplete lack of awareness
- amnesiaPathological loss of recall
memory lapse · dissociation · checking out · tuning out · redaction · absentmindedness · faint · erasure · oblivion · deletion · confusion · mental block · deer in headlights · suppression · brain fog · zoning out · fugue · disorientation
- absent-mindednessabsent-minded, forgetfulness, distraction, spacing out, zoning out
- anxiety signspanic, nervousness, worry, worrying, trembling
- Dissociationdissociation, depersonalization, derealization, multiple personality disorder, alter
- Anxietyanxiety, nervousness, panic, worry, generalized anxiety
- language fearswriting anxiety
- mental fogbrain fog, cognitive fog, fogginess, haziness, cloudiness
blanking outremembering
Retaining past information
recalling · total recall · recollecting · retrieving · calling to mind
blanking outstaying alert
mental clarity · coming to · keeping it together · locking in · tuning in
blank, blanks, blanked, blanking, blankly, blankness, outing, outward, outwardly