tune out
verb
tuned out; tuning out; tunes out
: to become unresponsive to : ignore
: to dissociate oneself from what is happening or one's surroundings
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Constantly chirping about what will eventually happen will soon fall on deaf ears and the fans will tune out, turned off by another disappointing season.
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 27 Nov. 2025
Christmas has a whole canon of music devoted to the holiday, and there are plenty of spooky songs to soundtrack Halloween each year — but the amount of tunes out there dedicated to Thanksgiving are slim to none.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 25 Nov. 2025
Some fans — though certainly not all — have started to tune out since the Sunflower Showdown defeat.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
The concern is whether players start tuning out McDaniel.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 27 Nov. 2025
Christmas has a whole canon of music devoted to the holiday, and there are plenty of spooky songs to soundtrack Halloween each year — but the amount of tunes out there dedicated to Thanksgiving are slim to none.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 25 Nov. 2025
Some fans — though certainly not all — have started to tune out since the Sunflower Showdown defeat.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
The concern is whether players start tuning out McDaniel.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Tune out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tune%20out. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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