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Meaning of lose sight of | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. To be no longer able to see.
  2. To fail to remember; to overlook or neglect.

Equivalents

Suomi hylätä kadottaa näkyvistään lyödä laimin unohtaa
Italiano accecarsi
Português perder de vista
Русский потеря́ть из ви́ду

Examples

“The soldier lost sight of the enemy.”
“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.”
“After he graduated from university he lost sight of his career goals.”
“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

lose sleep lose the battle, but win the war lose the bell lose the bubble lose the dressing room lose the fang

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