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numb out

numb out verb: to make oneself numb, especially emotionally.

Verb

numb out (third-person singular simple present numbs out, present participle numbing out, simple past and past participle numbed out)

  1. (intransitive) To make oneself numb, especially emotionally.
    • Because in childhood there is no opportunity to express this pain in a way that helps a survivor heal, s/he learns to numb out by necessity. Of course, different people numb out in different ways. The survivors I interviewed became alcoholics and drug addicts, some ate compulsively, […]1991 December 8, Liz Galst, “Gay Male Incest Survivors, Safer Sex, and AIDS”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 21, page 9
  2. (transitive) To block or alleviate (pain, etc.) by inducing numbness.

Forms of numb out

third-person singular presentnumbs out
present participlenumbing out
past participlenumbed out
pastnumbed out

Questions about numb out

What does numb out mean?
Numb out means to make oneself numb, especially emotionally.
What part of speech is numb out?
Numb out is a verb.
What is the past tense of numb out?
The past tense of numb out is numbed out.

Words near numb out in the dictionary

  1. Numantines
  2. Numazu
  3. numb
  4. numb nut
  5. numb nuts
  6. numb out
  7. numb-brained
  8. numb-handed
  9. numb-nuts
  10. numb-nutses
  11. numba

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