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space out

verb spaces out · spacing out · spaced out

  1. transitive To position (objects, people, time slots, etc.) at regular intervals with a calculated space between them. She spaced out the yoga mats as much as she could while leaving room for some walkways.
  2. idiomatic, intransitive To become distracted or disoriented; to lose attention or focus. She spaced out when the speaker started droning about the fine-print details of convertible debentures.
  3. dated, transitive To increase the white space between letters, words or lines.

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