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brown out

[for the electricity] to diminish in power and dim the lights, causing a brownout. (Something less than a blackout, when there is no power.) The power kept browning out. The lights started to brown out, and I thought maybe there was a power shortage.

See also: brown, out

brown out

1. in. [for the electricity] to fade and dim down. (Something less than a blackout.) The power kept browning out.

2. and brown out n. a period of dimming or fading of the electricity. They keep building all these expensive power stations, and then we still have brown outs.

See also: brown, out

brown out

verb

See brown out

See also: brown, out