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zones out
verb
Third person singular of zone out
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She zones out for a beat and zones in again.
He zones out by listening to music through his ear buds.
His driving has gotten much better over the five years, but he sometimes zones out and misses cues or gets confused in new situations.
In their case, the person will ambulate in deep thought about a puzzle to a point where he "zones out," becoming dangerously unaware of where he is going.
Conference Room Editor: Bess is a fact checker here, but sometimes when she's working on a piece she clearly zones out for whole paragraphs at a time.
When chunks of Spanish conversation become hard to follow he zones out, leaving his face to enact the role of involved listener and participant.
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When do they zone out?
Weekends,I zone out on "Homeland".
Zone out, and this can seem inconsequential.
I'd zone out, and then I'd be lost".
"Or they could just zone out and watch".
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