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black sth out
[ M ] COVER
1. to cover a face or a name so that it cannot be seen
• In the TV interview, they blacked out the victim's face., black sth out
[ M ] NO LIGHT
2. to make a place dark, especially by covering or switching off all the lights
• The entire city was blacked out overnight., black out
to become unconscious suddenly but for a short period
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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In addition to the idioms beginning with BLACK, Also see DIRTY (BLACK) LOOK; IN THE RED (BLACK); LOOK BLACK; PAINT BLACK; POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK.
American Heritage Idioms
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adj.
dark color:
It was a black car.
Simple Definitions
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adj. ADV. very The sky looks very black. | all His hands were all black from messing about with the car. ADJ. jet, pitch (used about the night) She had beautiful jet-black hair. It was pitch black outside.COLOUR
Oxford Collocations Dictionary