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blot something ↔ out

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishblot something ↔ out phrasal verb1 HIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEEto cover or hide something completely Thick white smoke blotted out the sun.2 if you blot out an unpleasant memory, a thought etc, you deliberately try to forget it She said she took drugs to blot out her problems. → blot → See Verb table Examples from the Corpusblot out• Actually he was a very nice man, cheerful and good-natured, but the other side of him blotted it all out.• Covered the sky, blotted it right out.• I've got to blot him out.• I use smack to blot things out.• Sandie closes her eyes and blots it out.• Would the daughter even remember her father with the perpetual presence of Hope to blot him out?• The washing of the northern blots was carried out according to standard methods.• She longed to blot it out, pretend the last few months had never happened.
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Verb table
blot
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they blot
he, she, it blots
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they blotted
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have blotted
he, she, it has blotted
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had blotted
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will blot
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have blotted
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Continuous Form
Present
I am blotting
he, she, it is blotting
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you, we, they are blotting
Past
I, he, she, it was blotting
you, we, they were blotting
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have been blotting
he, she, it has been blotting
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been blotting
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be blotting
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been blotting
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