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go blank

1. to become unconscious. He remembers trying to get up, and then he went blank until he woke up the next morning with a roaring headache.

Usage notes: sometimes used in the form everything went blank someone became unconscious: I heard a noise behind me, and then everything went blank.

2. to stop receiving a television picture. There was a popping sound, and then the TV screen went blank.

3. to forget. He let his mind go blank and kept on walking, thinking about nothing at all.

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As the films vary in length, from 194 minutes (Titanic, Number I) to 88 minutes (The Lion King, Number 6), nearly all the quadrants go blank (and silent) before the piece ends, at 140 minutes. Peter miller gallery: Jason Salavon. (Reviews) by Yood, James / Artforum International ``One minute they're very open and emotional, the next minute their face might go blank,'' said Rob Wingate, a member of the Red Cross Aviation Incident response team who spoke with family members of victims at a hotel near Los Angeles International Airport. BLACK BOX FOUND; RESCUERS SWITCH TO RECOVERY MODE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) This holiday season, millions of Americans will receive software, peripherals and other computer-related gifts -- unfortunately, millions will be disappointed as their systems crash, programs don't work, and screens go blank. Bah HumBUG! Don't Let the Grinch Stop Your PC This Christmas! Aveo ... by Business Wire More results

References in periodicals archive

As the films vary in length, from 194 minutes (Titanic, Number I) to 88 minutes (The Lion King, Number 6), nearly all the quadrants go blank (and silent) before the piece ends, at 140 minutes.

Peter miller gallery: Jason Salavon. (Reviews) by Yood, James / Artforum International

``One minute they're very open and emotional, the next minute their face might go blank,'' said Rob Wingate, a member of the Red Cross Aviation Incident response team who spoke with family members of victims at a hotel near Los Angeles International Airport.

BLACK BOX FOUND; RESCUERS SWITCH TO RECOVERY MODE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

This holiday season, millions of Americans will receive software, peripherals and other computer-related gifts -- unfortunately, millions will be disappointed as their systems crash, programs don't work, and screens go blank.

Bah HumBUG! Don't Let the Grinch Stop Your PC This Christmas! Aveo ... by Business Wire

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