block sth out
— phrasal verb with block uk/blɒk/us/blɑːk/verb [ T ]
(STOP FROM PASSING)
to stop light or noise from passing through something:
The tree outside the window blocks out the sun.
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Preventing and impeding
- avert
- avoid
- avoidable
- bar
- be a drag on sb/sth idiom
- blot
- blot sth out
- bottleneck
- derail
- fireproof
- hold out on sb
- hold sb/sth back
- holding pattern
- impede
- impedimenta
- prevention is better than cure idiom
- preventive
- prohibit
- pull
- pull the rug from under sb's feet idiom
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(STOP FROM THINKING)
to stop yourself from thinking about an unpleasant memory because it upsets you:
He's trying to block out memories of the accident.
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Neglecting and ignoring
- beneath the/sb's radar idiom
- brush sth off
- bury/have your head in the sand idiom
- bypass
- close your ears idiom
- lay
- look straight/right through sb idiom
- lost
- lost in the shuffle idiom
- moulder
- neglect
- push
- ride
- snub
- step
- step on sb
- sweep sth aside
- there's none so deaf as those who will not hear idiom
- tune
- wave
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