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OUT OF SIGHT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not accessible to view
Example:
in stormy weather the stars are out of sight
Synonyms:
concealed; hidden; out of sight
Classified under:
Similar:
invisible; unseeable (impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Quietly in concealment
Example:
he lay doggo
Synonyms:
doggo; in hiding; out of sight
Classified under:
Sense 2
Meaning:
No longer visible
Example:
the ship disappeared behind the horizon and passed out of sight
Synonyms:
out of sight; out of view
Classified under:
Context examples:
"Good-bye, and thank you very much," returned the girl; and the Monkeys rose into the air and were out of sight in a twinkling.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Nor, until well out of sight, did he stop to lick his bleeding wounds.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
They saw him step into his carriage, and in a minute it was out of sight.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Pushed back too, as if meant to be out of sight!
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Mr. Rushworth will be here in a moment, you know; we shall not be out of sight.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
As soon as they were out of sight, the ladies of Captain Wentworth's party began talking of them.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
No sooner was she out of sight, than Emma exclaimed, What an exquisite possession a good picture of her would be!
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
The sun had dimmed and faded out of sight.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Their rear ranks were already passing out of sight ere the new-comers were urging their panting, foaming horses up the slope which had been the scene of that long drawn and bloody fight.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But other glaciers are being severely undercut out of sight beneath the surface, meaning they could collapse and melt much sooner.
(The Hidden Meltdown of Greenland, NASA)
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