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to blot out a memory

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  • blot out something — blot out (something) to make something stop upsetting you. I twist the pillow over my head to blot out the horrible sounds. She closed her eyes, trying to blot out the memory of the day s events. Related vocabulary: block out something Etymology …   New idioms dictionary

  • blot out — (something) to make something stop upsetting you. I twist the pillow over my head to blot out the horrible sounds. She closed her eyes, trying to blot out the memory of the day s events. Related vocabulary: block out something Etymology: based on …   New idioms dictionary

  • blot out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen. [V P n (not pron)] About the time the three climbers were halfway down, clouds blotted out the sun. [be V ed P] ...the victim …   English dictionary

  • blot out — verb make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing (Freq. 6) a hidden message a veiled threat • Syn: ↑obscure, ↑obliterate, ↑veil, ↑hide • Derivationally related forms …   Useful english dictionary

  • blot out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms blot out : present tense I/you/we/they blot out he/she/it blots out present participle blotting out past tense blotted out past participle blotted out 1) to cover something so that you can no longer see it… …   English dictionary

  • blot out — phr verb Blot out is used with these nouns as the object: ↑memory, ↑sun …   Collocations dictionary

  • blot out — {v. phr.} 1. To obstruct; cover; obscure. * /The high rise building in front of our apartment house blots out the view of the ocean./ 2. To wipe out of one s memory. * /Jane can t remember the details when she was attacked in the streets; she… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • blot out — {v. phr.} 1. To obstruct; cover; obscure. * /The high rise building in front of our apartment house blots out the view of the ocean./ 2. To wipe out of one s memory. * /Jane can t remember the details when she was attacked in the streets; she… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • blot\ out — v. phr. 1. To obstruct; cover; obscure. The high rise building in front of our apartment house blots out the view of the ocean. 2. To wipe out of one s memory. Jane can t remember the details when she was attacked in the streets; she blotted it… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • memory — n. power of recalling 1) to jog smb. s memory 2) to commit smt. to memory 3) to slip smb. s memory (the date has slipped my memory) 4) to lose one s memory 5) an infallible; photographic; powerful; retentive; short memory 6) (med.) long term;… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • blot something out — 1 Mary blotted out her picture: ERASE, obliterate, delete, efface, rub out, blank out, expunge; cross out, strike out. 2 clouds were starting to blot out the stars …   Useful english dictionary

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