out of sight en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(literally, not-comparable) Not accessible to view.
They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:In the daytime the beds are made up but completely out of sight, giving the passenger a comfortable little private room; as the time for retiring comes, after preparing for rest in the same spacious conditions, he is able, practically at a touch, to pull the bed into position ready for use.
1944 November and December, “"Duplex Roomette" Sleeping Cars”, in Railway Magazine, page 324:Jack's really mad at you. You'd better stay out of sight for a few days. The notice was out of sight behind the door.
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(idiomatic, not-comparable, of a goal, qualifier:aspiration; etc; aspiration; etc) Not yet attainable.
With the company merger out of sight, the bankruptcy will proceed.
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(colloquial, dated, idiomatic, not-comparable) Superb, excellent.
1969-1970, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Another out-of-site thing is in the 2 yrs I've known that place no-one has ever seen a crawly bug, only flies. Not even a spider.
How was the party? Out of sight, man!
I went to the movie the other night The plot was groovy, it was out of sight
1975, “Speakin' Out”, in Tonight's the Night, performed by Neil Young:
- (colloquial, idiomatic, not-comparable) Very expensive.
- (colloquial, idiomatic, not-comparable) Drunk.
Forms
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Relateds
out of sight, out of mind · out of one's sight
Synonyms (first 500 of 508)
lubed up · out of sight · feeling no pain · unapparent · adrip · worse for wear · tuned · inebriate · crocked · inter pocula · have the sun in one's eyes · stinko · phenomenal · top-hole · bingoed · out of one's face · concealed · befuddled · lathered · smashed · overrefreshed · costly · recondite · jaked · exceptional · inward · canned · nondisplayed · based · pickled · costly · covered · parlatic · beyond someone's grasp · fantastic · overdear · viewless · expensive · top-drawer · magnificent · cheap at half the price · blue · mad with it · corned · dead drunk · tubular · three sheets to the wind · top-shelf · loose · priceless · stotious · hidden · besotted · a sheet in the wind's eye · bladdered · underground · spenno · inebriated · unseeable · whittled · bang on · wobbly · tight · princely · a sheet in the wind · bottled · clobbered · fuckfaced · cushty · unapparent · high as a kite · liquory · strut · blind · tanked · pricey · shicker · beliquored · slizzard · tight as a tick · ebriose · soused · how came you so · beneship · mabok · groggy · 5-star · aled up · inebrious · badass · sloppy drunk · bungfu · muggy · gnarly · blasted · have drink taken · snozzled · tipsy · woozy · fuzzy-minded · admirable · top · cockeyed · ripped · zonked · dear · stellar · lit · schloshed · lubed · top-of-the-range · blewed · out of it · cup-shotten · ginned · superb · immaculate · temulentive · trashed · monged · expenny · awe-inspiring · rolling · disapparent · Brahms · cut · splurgy · sterling · kick-ass · skunked · plowed · unseeable · spectacular · goated · looped · invis · fresh · quality · spendy · overcome · wazzocked · copacetic · drunk as a piper · fershnickered · scuttered · ploughed · nang · out of one's head · rad · grouse · pixilated · def · peak · nondisplayed · twisted · high · obfuscatory · half polluted · full · tuff · gesuip · spendy · pricey · inviso · sodden · spanceled · costful · inapparent · cunted · million-dollar · toping · tanked up · stoned · shitty · fuddled · lushed · blocked · hooched up · sprung · disguised · exquisite · sozzly · sweet · slarmied · potshot · rubbered · snockered · unconspicuous · langered · broyal · out of sight · bully · big-ticket · remarkable · muddled · legless · wellied · jarred · top-notch · Oliver Twist · topping · juiced up · secret · cock on · phat · bomb · floored · temulent · nimptopsical · bitching · pukka · larruped · heavenlike · tilted · wet · razzled · ex · wicked pissah · squiffed · worse for liquor · on the ran tan · in liquor · in one's cups · wazzed · blind drunk · invisible · in the bag · flush · flooey · Adrian Quist · lashed · top-notch · fou · pog · shedded · scammered · lautitious · pie-eyed · bibulous · unseen · stoated · tect · newted · poggers · bedrunken · fluted · crapulous · well-done · sauced · juiced · epic · drunked up · studly · superior · glorious · drunk · inconspicuous · lickpenny · super · stunning · secreted · soaken · nappy · slap-up · snug · obfuscated · fierce · steep · gattered · out of sight · in one's altitudes · muzzy · potted · high-priced · hosed · tippled · fire · ace · shickered · sensational · marvelous · kaylied · throwed · fuzzy-headed · sozzled · blottoed · bibacious · fantabulosa · out of it · radical · maggot · three sheets in the wind · slick · dark · unvisible · maudlin · Brahms and Liszt · shellacked · fap · liquored up · budgy · off one's tits · blootered · cool · chronic · peng · mortalled · high-cost · worldie · raddled · zooted · cup-shot · dearthful · munted · sightless · fried · nonvisible · killer · arseholed · kicking · unattainable · lubricated · burlin' · spiffing · chur · obscured · lit · ripe · in the drink · occluded · souped-up · spenny · hooted · ruinous · private · out of one's box · snuffy · well-oiled · elephant's trunk · stewed · secluded · plastered · schnockered · soshed · amazing · uneyeable · occulted · swell · wicked · top-heavy · flustered · fuckered up · screwed · excellent · sotted · unspottable · stinking · spannered · tight · off one's head · half seas over · dope · divine · great · fluthered · faced · dispendious · lamped · hoovered · cocked · quisby · ebriated · impeccable · high as a Georgia pine · delightful · elevated · splendid · mullered · binned · oiled up · dern · sloshed · sick · cost-prohibitive · blitzed · bollocksed · destroyed · brilliant · fireball · besotten · elephant's · latent · outstanding · lash · cher · primed · mortal · finger-lickin' good · terrific · wrecked · impaired · kettled · commendable · invisible · out of one's box · dank · choice · steamboats · drunken · insobrietous · spiffed · silent · exemplary · MWI · fabulous · fab · hazed · gassed · twatfaced · frabjous · crackerjack · overtaken · zotzed · unapparent · bosky · pounded · groggified · blissful · obfuscated · kisky · insober · gee-eyed · withered · fly · slammed · all mops and brooms · splashed · heavenly · unvisible · puggled · bang-up · flushed · veiled · zoned · spongy · celestial · chargeful · four sheets in the wind · sauced up · loaded · toasted · langers · fancy · hog-whimpering · outstanding · stonkered · lash · mashed · bevvied · invisible · sewed up · messed up · unobtainable · wonderful · exy · Oliver · Mozart and Liszt · first-rate · maggoted · swacked · first-rate · glorious · extraordinary · hammered · out of sight · honkers · sottish · top-heavy with drink · incredible · half cut · ratfaced · medicated · spot on · beatific · out of one's head · bombed · awesome · paralytic · oiled · loopy · gished · out of one's face · obscure · obliviated · undisclosed · frosted · unseen · rum · boozy · ossified
Translations (21)
fi näkymättömissä (in hiding) · ang orīeġe (not accessible to view) · pl poza zasięgiem wzroku (not accessible to view) · mi tuakaihau (not accessible to view) · nrf à pèrte dé veue (not accessible to view) · fi piilossa (in hiding) · ga as amharc (not accessible to view) · fi poissa näkyvistä (in hiding) · fi poissa näkyvistä (not accessible to view) · pl niesamowity (superb) · pl nie z tego świata (superb) · is úr augnsýn (in hiding) · mi makaro (not accessible to view) · fi näkymättömissä (not accessible to view) · is ekki sjáanleg (not accessible to view) · pl w ukryciu (in hiding) · fi piilossa (not accessible to view) · is ótrúlega flott (superb) · sv utom synhåll (not accessible to view) · fi mahtava (superb) · fi sanoinkuvaamaton (superb)