draw a blank

draw a blank
verb
be unable to remember
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I'm drawing a blank

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You are blocking the name of your first wife!

Syn: ↑forget, ↑block, ↑blank out
Ant: ↑remember (for: ↑forget)
Derivationally related forms: ↑block (for: ↑block)
Hyponyms: ↑slip, ↑slip one's mind
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s something

(for: ↑block)
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Somebody ——s somebody

(for: ↑block)
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Somebody ——s that CLAUSE

(for: ↑block)

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phrasal also draw blank
1. : to draw a loser : obtain something without value
2. : to fail to find what one seeks

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draw a blank (informal)
To get no result, fail
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Main Entry:blank
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draw a blank
1. Literally, to get a lottery ticket that wins no prize
2. To get no result
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Main Entry:draw

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draw a blank phrase
to fail to find something that you are looking for
Thesaurus: relating to searching and findinghyponym to search for something or someonesynonym
Main entry: draw

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I
elicit no successful response; fail

the search drew a blank

II
see blank

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draw a blank — see blank, 2
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Main Entry:draw

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draw a ˈblank idiom
to get no response or result

So far, the police investigation has drawn a blank.

Main entry:drawidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • draw a blank — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To obtain nothing in return for an effort made or to get a negative result. * /I looked up all the Joneses in the telephone book but I drew a blank every time I asked for Archibald Jones./ 2. To fail to remember something …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • draw a blank — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To obtain nothing in return for an effort made or to get a negative result. * /I looked up all the Joneses in the telephone book but I drew a blank every time I asked for Archibald Jones./ 2. To fail to remember something …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • draw a blank — If you try to find something out and draw a blank, you don t get any useful information …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • draw a blank — ► draw a blank fail to obtain a favourable response. Main Entry: ↑blank …   English terms dictionary

  • draw a blank —    If you try to find something out and draw a blank, you don t get any useful information.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you look for or try to remember something, and draw a blank, you fail to find it.     I nearly won the quiz;… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • draw\ a\ blank — v. phr. informal 1. To obtain nothing in return for an effort made or to get a negative result. I looked up all the Joneses in the telephone book but I drew a blank every time I asked for Archibald Jones. 2. To fail to remember something. I am… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • draw a blank — idi a) to be unsuccessful: to draw a blank in an investigation[/ex] b) to fail to comprehend or remember: I drew a blank on her name[/ex] …   From formal English to slang

  • Draw a blank —   If you try to find something out and draw a blank, you don t get any useful information …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • draw a blank — be unable to think of an answer, mind go blank    For some reason, I drew a blank when the professor questioned me …   English idioms

  • draw a blank — 1. to be unable to get information. Hoover asked the investigators to find out about Byrne, but they drew a blank. 2. to forget something. When Phil asked Lee which airline they were flying on, Lee drew a blank …   New idioms dictionary

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