space out
verb
spaced out; spacing out; spaces out
informal
: to become inattentive, distracted, or mentally remote
spaced out halfway through the lecture
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The Dodgers’ offense has had its own – much milder – dry spells spaced out in an all-or-nothing pattern over the past month.
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Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 14 June 2024
Houses wanted regular supplies of apples and water, but spacing out everything made a ton of extra transit work.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 3 May 2024
Some lines that are often spaced out for maximum effect, or delivered Shakespeare-style with grand pronouncements, are smooshed together in string.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2024
The barriers are to be spaced out along platforms’ edges.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2024
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Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 14 June 2024
Houses wanted regular supplies of apples and water, but spacing out everything made a ton of extra transit work.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 3 May 2024
Some lines that are often spaced out for maximum effect, or delivered Shakespeare-style with grand pronouncements, are smooshed together in string.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2024
The barriers are to be spaced out along platforms’ edges.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2024
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“Space out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20out. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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