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Definition of spacing 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.

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Other terms relating to 'to forget':

Definitions include: missing or misplaced.
Definitions include: to completely forget.
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Definitions include: "I dunno", i.e. "I don't know".
Definitions include: to temporarily forget.
Definitions include: lacking excitement or people; "boring".
Definitions include: forget about something bad that happened in the past.

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Definitions include: to beat severely.

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Definitions include: some location extremely far away.
Definitions include: to affect or bother someone.
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Definitions include: someone who frequently doesn't pay attention.
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Definitions include: a female who is inattentive or forgetful: "spaced-out."
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Definitions include: "waste of space".

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