Re: Zone out

Posted by futari on 2007/4/5 22:05:20

some more info:

a) "zoned or zoned out"
= intoxicated with narcotics;
= high
[adj. or adj. phrase in the 1960s, influenced by "spaced out"]

b) "zone (something) out"
= to omit from consciousness;
= shut out of the mind
(e.g.) I can just zone everything out and keep going.
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[verb phrase by 1960s]