BLOCK (STH) OUT


Meaning of BLOCK (STH) OUT in English

block sth↔ out ( see also ↑ block )

1 . to stop light reaching a place:

There was a heavy curtain blocking out the light.

2 . to stop yourself thinking about something or remembering it:

a memory so terrible that she tried to block it out

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.