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block out

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to begin to reduce to shape; to mark out roughly; to lay out.

to block out a plan

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block out

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to prevent from entering or penetrating

High-factor suncream blocks out the sun's rays.

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block out

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to prevent (a thought) from entering one's mind.

After finding out she had terminal cancer, she tried to block out any thoughts of her own mortality.

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block out

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to cover something, so as to make it impossible to see.

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