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| Colorful English! | ||||
| Word or Phrase: | Part of Speech: | Idiom or General?: | Usage? | Restricted? |
| black out | verb, 1 - 3 transitive 4 - 5 intransitive |
all general | 1) very common 2) common 3) common 4) very common 5) not as common |
No |
| Meaning: | ||||
| 1) to cause a loss of power or lighting, to make a black
out condition 2) to censor or impose a TV or radio black out on something 3) to erase or suppress something 4) to lose consciousness or memory 5) to be enveloped in darkness | ||||
| Example(s) : | ||||
| 1) The thunderstorm blacked out
the entire area. 2) The government blacked out news coverage on their wrong doings. 3) If, when you are taking notes in class, you make a mistake just black it out and keep going; do not waste time looking for an eraser. 4) He blacked out behind the wheel and crashed into a tree. 5) The clouds moving in front of the autumn moon blacked out the tiny village. | ||||
| Note: Black out has a variety of meanings. | ||||