zone out
Third Person
zones out
Present Participle
zoning out
Past Tense
zoned out
Past Participle
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.