zone out
1 of 1verb/zoʊn aʊt/
Forms:zones out,zoning out,zoned out,zoned out
1
to become mentally absent, distracted, or unresponsive
- Sorry, I was zoning out during your story.
- He tends to zone out in long meetings.
- I completely zoned out while watching that boring lecture.
- She was zoning out on the bus ride and missed her stop.
- They zoned out halfway through the movie because it was so slow.