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Definition of Draw a blank
1. Verb. Be unable to remember. "They won't draw a blank the story "; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!"
Specialized synonyms: Slip, Slip One's Mind
Derivative terms: Block
Antonyms: Remember
Definition of Draw a blank
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To be unable to produce a required piece of information. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Draw A Blank
Literary usage of Draw a blank
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel (1874)
"v. а. ф i * to charm. to draw a blank; ... to holiday; 2. a) celebration,
solemnization, get or draw a blank (in a lottery). |) observance (of the Lord's ..."
2. A Treatise on Practical Surveying: Which is Demonstrated from Its First by Robert Gibson, John D. Craig (1818)
"draw a blank line from any point, in which, at B, erect a perpendicular, ...
draw a blank line, on which lay AB 225', from a scale of equal parts; at B, ..."
3. Geometrical and Graphical Essays: Containing a General Description of the by George Adams (1813)
"Now setting up objects in the by-angles a and b, first turn the index to view
that at a, and draw a blank line from © 1 towards it; then do the same towards ..."
4. The Theory and Practice of Surveying: Containing All the Instructions by Robert Gibson, James Ryan (1839)
"draw a blank line with a ruler of a length greater than the diameter of the
protractor; pitch upon any convenient point therein, to which apply the ..."
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