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Draw a blank

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To be unable to recall a required piece of information. idiomatic

    "I should know that person's name, but I'm drawing a blank."

  2. 2
    be unable to remember wordnet
  3. 3
    To fail; not to find anything; to produce no successful response. idiomatic

    ""Oh," she replied, "when I came to think of it, I saw, that you were right. I thought, 'twas quite likely it [the lottery ticket] would draw a blank.[…]""

Etymology

Probably from the idea of drawing of a blank (losing) ticket in an old-fashioned lottery.

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