BLANK OUT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Cut out, as for political reasons

Example:

several line in the report were blanked out

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "blank out" is one way to...):

edit; redact (prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Be unable to remember

Example:

You are blocking the name of your first wife!

Synonyms:

blank out; block; draw a blank; forget

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "blank out"):

slip; slip one's mind (pass out of one's memory)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s