lose sight of

present singular third person loses sight of · participle present losing sight of · participle past lost sight of · past lost sight of

1. idiomatictransitiveTo fail to remember; to overlook or neglect (something).

   After he graduated from university he lost sight of his career goals.

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   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)

2. idiomatictransitiveUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lose, sight, of.

   The soldier lost sight of the enemy.

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   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 28, 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