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Meaning of not see for looking | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

Be unable to identify because one is trying too hard.

Examples

“At the moment she can't see for looking and her eyes are looking only at yesterday.”

“The answer to what I do next is probably the same: staring me right in the face and I can't see for looking.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

not see someone for dust not see straight not touch with a barge pole not touch with a ten-foot pole not want to do that not win for losing