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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishscreen something ↔ out phrasal verb1 PROTECTto prevent something harmful from passing through SYN filter out Sun lotions screen out damaging ultraviolet light.2 SUITABLEto remove people or things that are not acceptable or not suitable SYN filter out An answering service can screen out nuisance calls. → screen→ See Verb table
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screen out• Before I'd finished it, the light on my phone screen mercifully flickered out.• One, and then two screens picked her out.• A stage-a melee - heaving bodies-and then a huge hand filled the screen and blotted out everything for an instant.• The text on the screen will shift to the left, some off the edge of the screen and out of view.• The violence on the screen seeped out, rambled round the room like an animal, then joined them in the seats.• More deflector panels sweep the beam backwards and forwards across the screen to trace out the picture lines.
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