block out
[verb]
Synonyms: sketch, adumbrate, chalk (out), characterize, draft, outline, rough (out), skeleton, skeletonize
[verb]
Synonyms: screen, close, obstruct, shroud, shut off, shut out

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

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

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

block out
block out (something)
1.
to ignore something.
After a while you become good at forcing yourself to block out the pain.

2.
to make time available.
When was the last time you blocked out two hours to do whatever you felt like doing?

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

block out something
block out (something)
1.
to ignore something.
After a while you become good at forcing yourself to block out the pain.

2.
to make time available.
When was the last time you blocked out two hours to do whatever you felt like doing?

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲