take sb's mind off sth
to stop you from worrying or thinking about a problem or pain, often by forcing you to think about other things:
The good thing about running is that it takes my mind off any problems I have.
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Forgetting and forgetfulness
- absent-minded
- be on the tip of your tongue idiom
- beneath the/sb's radar idiom
- blank
- blank sth out
- blot sth out
- blur
- brain fade
- ear
- go in one ear and out the other idiom
- least
- least said soonest mended idiom
- lose sight of sth idiom 1
- lose sight of sth
- sight
- sink
- slip sb's memory/mind idiom
- slip through the net idiom
- unlearn
- your mind is a blank/goes blank idiom
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Creating a distraction