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tunes out

tunes out is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 tunes out

What is tunes out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tunes out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tune out.

Words near tunes out in the dictionary

  1. tuner
  2. tuners
  3. tunes
  4. tunes down
  5. tunes in
  6. tunes out
  7. tunes the old cow died of
  8. tunes up
  9. tunesmith
  10. tunesmithery
  11. tunesmithing

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