Study & education
shut out
block distractions
To stop distractions from affecting your attention or concentration.
Hear it in real life
How do you concentrate in a busy house?
I use headphones to shut out distractions.
I put my phone on silent to shut out distractions while I study.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I shut distractions from my mind.
Say: I shut out distractions.
Use the phrasal verb "shut out" without "from" when you mean block distractions.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
shut out distractions; shut distractions out
Your turn: say it out loud
I put my phone on silent to shut out distractions while I study.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
shut out
block distractions
“I put my phone on silent to shut out distractions while I study.”
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