Zone Bored Zoned English Meaning Blankly Ahead Paying

Meaning: If someone zones out, they look blankly ahead without paying attention, maybe because they're tired or bored or affected by drugs.

• zone out Peter sometimes gets bored in class and zones out. He looks like he's a million miles away.
  
  
• be zoned out I was talking to Debbie, but she was so zoned out that she didn't even hear me.
  
  

Variety: Thisis typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.