BLOT (SOMETHING) OUT


Meaning of BLOT (SOMETHING) OUT in English

blot something ↔ out phrasal verb ( see also ↑ blot )

1 . to cover or hide something completely:

Thick white smoke blotted out the sun.

2 . if you blot out an unpleasant memory, a thought etc, you deliberately try to forget it:

She said she took drugs to blot out her problems.

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