draw a blank

VERB

black out

Synonyms

STRONGEST

lose consciousness pass out

WEAK

collapse crap out go out like a light slip into coma swoon zone out

Antonyms

WEAK

add pencil in resuscitate revive uncover

VERB

disremember

Synonyms

WEAK

be unable to remember fail to recall fail to recollect

VERB

forget

Synonyms

STRONG

obliterate

WEAK

clean forget consign to oblivion dismiss from mind disremember escape one's memory fail to remember let slip from memory lose consciousness of lose sight of misrecollect think no more of unsee

Antonyms

WEAK

carry learn recall recollect remember take

Example Sentences

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When I draw a blank, I don’t ask it to fill in the gap for me.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The actor seems to draw a blank, but the camera cuts away before we find out more.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024

This is why, whenever anyone asks me about favorite family dishes, I usually draw a blank and ask if Pepperidge Farm cookies count as a response.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2023

Yet if you asked the average festival visitor to identify Stanley Nelson, you’d likely draw a blank.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2019

And in the silence, of course, you can hear a pin drop. draw a blank.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

draw a blank

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