tune out

tune out
a) To fail to pay attention to; to ignore.

I have a hard time tuning out a television that is on.

b) To change the channel or frequency away from.

I was tired of talk radio so I tuned out of that station and tuned into one playing all music.


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  • tune out — (someone/something) to stop paying attention to someone or something. Beverly always tunes out in the middle of her music lesson. He s been tuning me out ever since I tried to talk to him about his drinking …   New idioms dictionary

  • tune out — transitive verb : to become unresponsive to : ignore the children tuned out their mother s commands intransitive verb : to dissociate oneself from what is happening * * * tune out 1. To adjust (a radio, etc) so as to eliminate (a sound, frequency …   Useful english dictionary

  • tune out — phrasal verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms tune out : present tense I/you/we/they tune out he/she/it tunesout present participle tuningout past tense tunedout past participle tunedout informal to stop paying attention I just tune out and… …   English dictionary

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  • tune out someone — tune out (someone/something) to stop paying attention to someone or something. Beverly always tunes out in the middle of her music lesson. He s been tuning me out ever since I tried to talk to him about his drinking …   New idioms dictionary

  • tune out something — tune out (someone/something) to stop paying attention to someone or something. Beverly always tunes out in the middle of her music lesson. He s been tuning me out ever since I tried to talk to him about his drinking …   New idioms dictionary

  • tune\ out — v. phr. To not listen to something. How can you work in such a noisy environment? Jane asked Sue. Well, I simply tune it out, she answered …   Словарь американских идиом

  • tune out — informal stop paying attention. → tune …   English new terms dictionary

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