black out in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "black out",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Expression"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "expression"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The thunderstorm caused many homes to suffer black outs."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A black out is when electricity becomes unavailable in a certain area, like a house, business, or in a larger area like an entire neighborhood or city."
      ],
      "id": "simple-black_out-en-phrase-sZeVb6MJ"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He got hit on the head with a baseball bat and blacked out."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If a person blacks out, they suddenly fall unconscious."
      ],
      "id": "simple-black_out-en-phrase-eJ7c1XSG"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Blacked out text might look like this: ████ ██ █████ █"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you black out words, you cover them up."
      ],
      "id": "simple-black_out-en-phrase-ea6KxSS4"
    }
  ],
  "word": "black out"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "black out",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Expression"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "expression"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The thunderstorm caused many homes to suffer black outs."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A black out is when electricity becomes unavailable in a certain area, like a house, business, or in a larger area like an entire neighborhood or city."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He got hit on the head with a baseball bat and blacked out."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If a person blacks out, they suddenly fall unconscious."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Blacked out text might look like this: ████ ██ █████ █"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you black out words, you cover them up."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "black out"
}

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"black out" meaning in English

Phrase