idioms using “blank”

Blank out

To forget something

“Though we had just been introduced five minutes earlier, I completely blanked out his name.”

A blank check

Unlimited funds with no restrictions

“The famous researcher was offered a blank check to underwrite any research he wished to conduct.”

Fill in the blanks

To guess the rest of the story

“The president would only say that he was resigning to pursue a new opportunity; we have to fill in the blanks ourselves.”

Give someone a blank look

A purposefully neutral stare

“The caf? owner asked her to take her dog outside but she just gave him a blank stare and returned to reading her book.”

Point blank

Very direct or from a very short distance

“The director was being so vague that Inoue-san finally interrupted him to ask point blank if the department was being downsized.”