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Phrase(s): block something out
1. to obscure a clear view of something. • The trees blocked the sun out. • The bushes blocked out my view of the car that was approaching. 2. to lay something out carefully; to map out the details of something. • She blocked it out for us, so we could understand. • Let me block out this project for you right now.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs