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block out

verb

Meaning

  1. To prevent from entering or penetrating.
  2. To prevent (a thought) from entering one's mind.
  3. To cover something, so as to make it impossible to see.
  4. To begin to reduce to shape; to mark out roughly; to lay out.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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