blink away

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   keep back by blinking

   “blink away tears”

   Synonymswinkblink

   Broaderrestrain

Questions about blink away

What does blink away mean?

blink away means "keep back by blinking".

What is another word for blink away?

Close synonyms include wink, blink. 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 blink away a common word?

blink away is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.