same as block in
to stop light or sound from reaching something
to stop yourself from thinking about or remembering something
He had always managed to block out the incident.
Previous experience had taught him that having the Fat Man in the background tended to block out the light.
Sabrina snatched up the photograph and used her hand first to block out the beard, then the hair.
That tree in the neighbour’s garden blocks out a lot of light.
The human sphere, willfully insensitive as it was, couldn't entirely block out the presence of supernatural forces in its midst.
blocks out
blocking out
blocked out
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
Was this page helpful?