blur out

blur out

To distort an image of a person or thing in order to make it difficult or impossible to distinguish. A noun or pronoun can be used between "blur" and "out." My job was blurring out nudity from R-rated movies that we would play on our TV network. Newspapers were required to blur the boy out in pictures to protect his identity.
See also: out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • rescue from
  • rescue from (someone or something)
  • identify with
  • third person
  • angle
  • angling
  • not do (someone or oneself) any favors
  • steer through
  • steer through (something)
  • involve with (someone or something)