space out
English
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Verb
space out (third-person singular simple present spaces out, present participle spacing out, simple past and past participle spaced out)
- (transitive) To position (objects, people etc.) at regular intervals with a calculated space between them.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To become distracted or disoriented; to lose attention or focus.
- 1999, Mike Judge, Office Space (motion picture), spoken by Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston):
- Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use the side door - that way Lumbergh can't see me, heh heh - and, uh, after that I just sorta space out for about an hour.
Derived terms
Translations
to position at regular intervals with a calculated space between them
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to lose attention
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