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tune out

verb

informal.
intr, adverboften foll byof to cease to take an interest (in) or pay attention (to)
many people had tuned out of politics

If necessary, use an eye mask, ear plugs, or white noise to help tune out disruptions.

For one thing, even the non-religious will be unable to tune out the escalating media coverage.

I'm quite good on the harmonica, and can get a tune out of most musical instruments, so long as the tune is “Oh Susannah.”

Maybe my Twitter time-out is an overreaction to the kind of mindless garbage that many folks have learned to tune out.

She called on advocates, though, to turn down or tune out that noise.

They've tried it together before now, an' there ain't anything but a Fox will run so straight and fetch such a tune out of Turk.

He hummed the tune of 'He's a jolly good fellow', and he could not get the tune out of his mind: it kept buzzing in his head.

And the people: the men working at their looms and whistling a happy tune out of the gladness of their hearts.

A very few trials on your part and you will be able to tune in or tune out any station you can hear, if not too close or powerful.

Then hes on a different wave length and it proves we can tune out under water, declared Tom gleefully.

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