Communication
tune someone or something out
stop listening to or noticing something
To stop listening to or paying attention to a person, sound, or activity.
Hear it in real life
Did you hear the argument next door?
No, I tuned it out and carried on reading.
When the meeting gets repetitive, I sometimes tune the speaker out without meaning to.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I tuned out from the speaker during the meeting.
Say: I tuned the speaker out during the meeting.
With a person as the object, use “tune someone out”; “tune out from someone” does not express ignoring them.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
tune someone out; tune something out; tune out someone or something
Your turn: say it out loud
When the meeting gets repetitive, I sometimes tune the speaker out without meaning to.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
tune someone or something out
stop listening to or noticing something
“When the meeting gets repetitive, I sometimes tune the speaker out without meaning to.”
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