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tuned out

tuned out is the simple past and past participle of tune out.

Meaning of tune out

Verb

tune out (third-person singular simple present tunes out, present participle tuning out, simple past and past participle tuned out)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive, transitive) To stop paying attention to; to ignore; to zone out.
    • I have a hard time tuning out a television that is on.
    Synonyms:
    space out, zone out
  2. 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.

Questions about tuned out

What is tuned out the simple past and past participle of?
Tuned out is the simple past and past participle of tune out.

Words near tuned out in the dictionary

  1. tuned
  2. tuned down
  3. tuned in
  4. tuned mass damper
  5. tuned mass dampers
  6. tuned out
  7. tuned up
  8. tuneful
  9. tunefully
  10. tunefulness
  11. tuneless

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