The power failure blacked out all of northern Illinois.
Tonight's game has been blacked out on local television so you have to buy tickets to see it.
The local papers blacked out news of the disaster.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
black out — (something) 1. to stop delivering or receiving electricity. The power failure blacked out all of northern Illinois. 2. to keep from being broadcast or printed. Tonight s game has been blacked out on local television so you have to buy tickets to… … New idioms dictionary
black out — verb 1. obliterate or extinguish (Freq. 1) Some life forms were obliterated by the radiation, others survived • Hypernyms: ↑snuff out, ↑blow out, ↑extinguish, ↑quench • Verb Frames … Useful english dictionary
Black out – Anatomie einer Leidenschaft — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Black out – Anatomie einer Leidenschaft Originaltitel: Bad Timing Produktionsland: Großbritannien Erscheinungsjahr: 1980 Länge: 122 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch … Deutsch Wikipedia
Black out — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Black out – Anatomie einer Leidenschaft Originaltitel Bad Timing … Deutsch Wikipedia
black out — phrasal verb Word forms black out : present tense I/you/we/they black out he/she/it blacks out present participle blacking out past tense blacked out past participle blacked out 1) [intransitive] to suddenly become unconscious He had blacked out… … English dictionary
black out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time. [V P] I could feel blood draining from my face. I wondered whether I was about to black out... [V P] Samadov said that he felt so ill that he blacked out. 2) PHRASAL VERB… … English dictionary
black out phrasal — verb 1 (I) to lose consciousness; faint: I completely blacked out after the accident. 2 (transitive black something out) to put a dark mark over something so that it cannot be seen: The censors had blacked out several words. 3 (transitive black… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
black — black, blacken verbs. Black is used when the meaning is to deliberately make something black, as in blacking one s face, one s shoes, a person s eye, etc., in the meaning to declare something ‘black’ (i.e. to boycott it), and in the phrasal verb… … Modern English usage
black — black1 W1S1 [blæk] adj comparative blacker superlative blackest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(colour)¦ 2¦(no light)¦ 3¦(people)¦ 4¦(drink)¦ 5¦(dirty)¦ 6¦(without hope)¦ 7¦(humour)¦ 8¦(angry)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
black — black1 [ blæk ] adjective *** ▸ 1 having darkest color ▸ 2 of a race with dark skin ▸ 3 with no milk in it ▸ 4 involving something bad/sad ▸ 5 showing anger/sadness ▸ 6 about unpleasant things ▸ 7 evil/cruel 1. ) having the darkest color, like… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
