blanks out
Suddenly loses recall
Blanks out means to suddenly forget or lose awareness.
Memory blanks out when you can't recall something you should know: I totally blanked out on her name.
A person blanks out when they lose consciousness briefly or zone out: He blanked out during the meeting.
To blank out text is to obscure or censor it, replacing content with empty space.
- whiteoutSnow blindness weather
- blackoutComplete power loss
- forgettingFailing to retain memories
- mental blockInability to retrieve thoughts
- eraseRemove recorded marks
absent-mindedness · brain fog · senior moment · memory lapse · stress · lapse · redact · anxiety · confusion · omit · freeze up · overwhelm · delete · censor · suppress · ignore · panic · distraction
- leaving outomits, skips, excludes, bypasses, passes over
blanks outremembers
Retains in the mind
recalls · recollects · total recall · retrieves · summons up
blanks outtunes in
Selects a broadcast
concentrates · comes to · engages · locks in · pays attention
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