Definition of space out

space out

verb - intransitive

• to lose one's concentration.

  Stop spacing out and work on your homework.

  Last edited on Sep 03 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 14 2009.

• to forget to do something.

  I was supposed to pick him up at the airport but I spaced out.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to forget.

  Last edited on Sep 03 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 03 2010.

notes

• Often shortened to "space".

  Last edited on Sep 03 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 03 2010.

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'to forget':
404	Definitions include: missing or misplaced.
plumb forget	Definitions include: to completely forget.
go blank	Definitions include: to forget; have one's mind "go blank".
iunno	Definitions include: "I dunno", i.e. "I don't know".
draw a blank	Definitions include: to temporarily forget.
beat	Definitions include: lacking excitement or people; "boring".
let bygones be bygones	Definitions include: forget about something bad that happened in the past.

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Other terms relating to 'out':
all blowed out	Definitions include: the feeling when you defecate huge and your anus is stretched.
amped-out	Definitions include: fatigued after amphetamine use.
as all get-out	Definitions include: very; really; extremely.
ask (one) out	Definitions include: to ask a person on a date.
*ss out	Definitions include: in an irreparably bad situation; "out of luck"; "screwed".
back one out	Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
bail out	Definitions include: to get someone out of jail by posting bail.
bait out	Definitions include: to tell on someone; "snitch".
bake-out	Definitions include: a session of getting baked (i.e. high from marijuana.)
ball out	Definitions include: to leave.
balls out	Definitions include: See also balls to the wall.
bang out	Definitions include: to hit or cause bodily injury.
beast out	Definitions include: to study to excess or to be over-competitive in school-work.
beat (one's) brains out	Definitions include: to beat severely.
beat seven shades of sh*t out of	Definitions include: to beat severely.
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Other terms relating to 'space':
*ss-end of space	Definitions include: some location extremely far away.
rent space in (one's) head	Definitions include: to affect or bother someone.
space	Definitions include: an area of business.
space-age	Definitions include: futuristic.
space cadet	Definitions include: someone who frequently doesn't pay attention.
space opera	Definitions include: a formulaic work of science fiction.
space queen	Definitions include: a female who is inattentive or forgetful: "spaced-out."
swap space	Definitions include: temporary storage space used then moving or reconfiguring a room.
WOS	Definitions include: "waste of space".

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