blot sth out
— phrasal verb with blot uk/blɒt/us/blɑːt/verb [ T ] -tt-
(SUN)
to hide or block the light from something, especially the sun:
A dark cloud suddenly blotted out the sun.
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Preventing and impeding
- avert
- avoid
- avoidable
- bar
- be a drag on sb/sth idiom
- block sth out
- blot
- 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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(MEMORY)
to stop yourself thinking about something unpleasant:
Perhaps there are some memories so bad that you have to blot them out.
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Forgetting and forgetfulness
- -brained
- absent-minded
- be on the tip of your tongue idiom
- beneath the/sb's radar idiom
- blank
- blank sth out
- blur
- brain fade
- ear
- least
- least said soonest mended idiom
- lose sight of sth idiom 1
- lose track idiom 1
- lose sight of sth
- sight
- sink
- slip through the net idiom
- take sb's mind off sth idiom
- unlearn
- your mind is a blank/goes blank idiom
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