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Definition of "black out" []

  • To censor or cover up by writing over with black ink. (verb)
  • To censor or cover up. (verb)
  • To lose consciousness; to suffer a blackout. (verb)
  • To make dark. (verb)

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Use "black out" in a sentence
  • "'If you could black out that absurd Victorian monstrosity,' he said, screwing up his eyes, 'this would make a very good Swan Lake, with you, Gina, as the Swan Maiden."
  • "Once when she was debating the true value of a particular beet with a shrewish farmwife she caught a glimpse of black out the corner of her eye that was deeper than those of the suits around her—and was that a flash of tail?"
  • "In one episode, Rev Jen and Mangina get drunk and black out but have sex for the first and only time."