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lose sight of en · VERB

Meanings

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To no longer be able to see (something).
   • The double-track branch curves away southwards at the south end of the station and runs on a banked down gradient gradually losing sight of the main line. 1958 July 14, P. J. Norris, “The Bexhill West Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 496:
   • If a pilot lost sight of his intended landmark, he would spend precious minutes circling until he found a familiar feature again. 2026 March 7, Sthitapragta Chakraborty, “America Once Built Giant Arrows to Guide Pilots Across the Country, and Some Still Exist Today”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2026:
   • The soldier lost sight of the enemy.
2. (idiomatic, transitive) To fail to remember; to overlook or neglect (something).
   • Smith warns: "You must not lose sight of the fact that not everyone can do contactless payment and mobile ticketing. Not everyone has a bank account, not everyone can use a smartphone, not everyone works cashless. 2022 March 9, Paul Clifton, “RAIL Supplement: Reimagining and rebooting the passenger railway”, in RAIL, number 952, page 6 (supplement):
   • After he graduated from university he lost sight of his career goals.

Forms

Translations (14)

pt perder de vista (be no longer able to see) · fi lyödä laimin (fail to remember) · it accecarsi (be no longer able to see) · fi hylätä (fail to remember) · ru потеря́ть из ви́ду (fail to remember) · cmn 忘記 /忘记 (fail to remember) · ru потеря́ть из ви́ду (be no longer able to see) · cmn 忽略 (fail to remember) · cmn 看不見 /看不见 (be no longer able to see) · de aus dem Auge verlieren (fail to remember) · de aus dem Blick verlieren (be no longer able to see) · de Sichtkontakt verlieren (be no longer able to see) · fi unohtaa (fail to remember) · fi kadottaa näkyvistään (be no longer able to see)