go blank 1. to become unconscious. He remembers trying to get up, and then he went blank until he woke up the next morning with a roaring headache. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form everything went blank - someone became unconscious: I heard a noise behind me, and then everything went blank. 2. to stop receiving a television picture. There was a popping sound, and then the TV screen went blank. 3. to forget. He let his mind go blank and kept on walking, thinking about nothing at all. |