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DRAW A BLANK

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Dictionary entry overview: What does draw a blank mean?

• DRAW A BLANK (verb)
The verb DRAW A BLANK has 1 sense:

1. be unable to remember

Familiarity information: DRAW A BLANK used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DRAW A BLANK (verb)

Sense 1

draw a blank ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Be unable to remember

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

blank out; draw a blank; forget; block

Context examples:

I'm drawing a blank / You are blocking the name of your first wife!

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "draw a blank"):

slip; slip one's mind (pass out of one's memory)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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