window out
C1 informal inseparable intransitive
In simple words
To stop paying attention because you are staring out of a window.
Literal meaning: To mentally exit through the window — a transparent image.
Meanings
1 C1
idiomatic
informal
To lose concentration by gazing out of a window and letting the mind wander.
"I completely windowed out during the meeting and missed the whole budget discussion."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Very informal and relatively rare. Used mostly in casual American English. Functions similarly to 'zone out' but adds the specific image of looking through glass. Not found in most dictionaries.
Commonly used with
class meeting daydream lecture
Forms
Base
window out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
windows out
he/she/it
Past simple
windowed out
yesterday
Past participle
windowed out
have + pp
-ing form
windowing out
continuous
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