space out
verb
spaced out; spacing out; spaces out
informal
: to become inattentive, distracted, or mentally remote
spaced out halfway through the lecture
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Pay attention Keep your sound system at a reasonable volume when driving in cities and neighborhoods, and don’t space out or check your text messages at every stoplight.
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Josh Max, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
When in a group, space out to prevent the current from transferring between individuals.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 13 Mar. 2025
The band has spaced out the nine shows with relatively long gaps between each one, beginning on May 16, in Salt Lake City, and ending on November 1, in Oakland—in part due to Toledo’s health following a severe reaction to COVID-19 years ago.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 4 Mar. 2025
And there will be three more rounds of voting after that, spaced out during the Survivor 48 season.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2025
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Josh Max, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
When in a group, space out to prevent the current from transferring between individuals.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 13 Mar. 2025
The band has spaced out the nine shows with relatively long gaps between each one, beginning on May 16, in Salt Lake City, and ending on November 1, in Oakland—in part due to Toledo’s health following a severe reaction to COVID-19 years ago.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 4 Mar. 2025
And there will be three more rounds of voting after that, spaced out during the Survivor 48 season.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for space out
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“Space out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20out. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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