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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
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be unable to remember
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
blank out; block; draw a blank; forget
Context example:
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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