shut sth out
— phrasal verb with shut uk/ʃʌt/us/ʃʌt/verb [ I or T ] present participle shutting, past tense and past participle shut
to stop yourself thinking about something that upsets you or feeling something that hurts you:
She finds it impossible to shut out the memory of the accident.
to prevent a sound or light from being heard or seen:
The double glazing shuts out most of the traffic noise.
She pulled the blankets over her head to try to shut out the light.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Neglecting and ignoring
- beneath the/sb's radar idiom
- block sth out
- brush sth off
- bury/have your head in the sand idiom
- bypass
- lay
- let sth ride idiom
- look straight/right through sb idiom
- lost
- lost in the shuffle idiom
- moulder
- push
- ride
- snub
- step
- step on sb
- sweep sth aside
- there's none so deaf as those who will not hear idiom
- tune
- wave
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