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tune out

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tune someone or something out
to put someone or something out of one's consciousness; to cease paying attention to someone or something. I had to tune the radio out in order to concentrate. I tuned out what the speaker was saying and daydreamed for a while.
See also: out, tune

tune out

Fig. to cease paying attention to anything at all. I wasn't interested, so I just tuned out. I think that most of the audience tuned out during the last part of the lecture.
See also: out, tune

tune out (somebody/something)
to stop paying attention to someone or something Beverly always tunes out in the middle of her music lesson. He's been tuning me out ever since I tried to talk to him about his drinking.
See also: out, tune


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