blank out

Questions about blank out

What does blank out mean?

blank out means "be unable to remember". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for blank out?

Close synonyms include forget, block, draw a blank. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blank out a common word?

blank out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.