zone out
Speech parts
1. zone out - Verb
2. zone out - Phrase
Meaning
zone out (third-person singular simple present zones out, present participle zoning out, simple past and past participle zoned out)
(informal, intransitive) To stop paying attention and think about something else, or to think about nothing
Synonyms
zone
swoon
hit the hay
zonk out
go to sleep
conk out
doze off
drift off
flake out
nod off
sack up
sleep out
doss down
tune out
unmind
Examples
Working out is my biggest hobby. It's my Zen hour. I just zone out.
You lose your habitual behavior, which allowed you to sort of zone out. You have to be here, you have to be now, you have to be present.