blot sth out

— Phrasal Verb with blot

/blɒt/ verb [T] (present participle blotting, past tense and past participle blotted)

Definition

NOT THINK › to stop yourself from thinking about something unpleasant: I've tried to blot out memories of my relationship with Dieter.

CANNOT SEE › If smoke or cloud blots out the sun, it prevents it from being seen.

(Definition of blot sth out from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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