Definition
To be unable to recall a required piece of information.
To fail; not to find anything; to produce no successful response.
Origins
Probably from the idea of drawing of a blank (losing) ticket in an old-fashioned lottery.
In Context
- "I should know that person's name, but I'm drawing a blank."
- ""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.[…]""
- "When she brainstormed about what else she would do, where else she would go, her mind drew a blank."
See Also
- brain cramp
- come up empty
- draw blank
- on the tip of one's tongue
- thinko