zone out

English

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Verb

zone out (third-person singular simple present zones out, present participle zoning out, simple past and past participle zoned out)

1. (informal, intransitive) To stop paying attention and think about something else, or to think about nothing

   Synonyms: space out, tune out, zone off

Translations

stop paying attention

Chinese: Mandarin: 走神 (zh) (zǒushén) Danish: falde i staver Finnish: keskittyä muuhun (to concentrate on other things), sulkea mielestään (to close out of one's mind) German: abdriften (de) Hungarian: bambul (hu), elbambul (hu) Polish: błądzić myślami impf Portuguese: (Brazil) viajar (pt), ignorar (pt) Spanish: perderse (es), desconectarse, distraerse (es), ponerse a pensar en las musarañas, parar de poner atención (to something), parar de prestar atención (to someone), comenzar a pensar en las musarañas, empezar a pensar en las musarañas Swedish: zona ut