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blot1
past tense and past participle blotted, present participle blotting [transitive]
past tense and past participle blotted, present participle blotting [transitive]1 to make a wet surface become dry by pressing soft paper or cloth on it
2 to do something that spoils the idea that people have of you
blot your copybook
British English informalblot something ↔ out
phrasal verb1 to cover or hide something completely : Thick white smoke blotted out the sun.
Thick white smoke blotted out the sun.2 if you blot out an unpleasant memory, a thought etc, you deliberately try to forget it : She said she took drugs to blot out her problems.
She said she took drugs to blot out her problems.