tune out
verb
tuned out; tuning out; tunes out
: to become unresponsive to : ignore
: to dissociate oneself from what is happening or one's surroundings
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For me, focusing intently on the most critical tasks and tuning out distractions was the only way to move forward.
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Dustin Lemick, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
That woman tuned out to be Barba, who police discovered in a car nearby an apartment where the drugs were meant to be stashed with a shoebox of fentanyl on the front passenger floor.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
Fellow Reddit users are urging the woman to tune out the noise.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Audiences responded by growing weary of waiting for Warner Bros. to get its act together, and tuned out.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Dustin Lemick, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
That woman tuned out to be Barba, who police discovered in a car nearby an apartment where the drugs were meant to be stashed with a shoebox of fentanyl on the front passenger floor.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
Fellow Reddit users are urging the woman to tune out the noise.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Audiences responded by growing weary of waiting for Warner Bros. to get its act together, and tuned out.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Tune out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tune%20out. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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