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Definition of Out of sight

1. Adverb. No longer visible. "The ship disappeared behind the horizon and passed out of sight"

2. Adjective. Not accessible to view. "In stormy weather the stars are out of sight"

3. Adverb. Quietly in concealment. "He lay doggo"

Definition of Out of sight

1. Adjective. (literally) Not accessible to view. ¹

2. Adjective. (idiomatic) Superb, excellent. ¹

3. Adjective. (idiomatic colloquial) Very expensive. ¹

4. Adjective. (idiomatic colloquial) Drunk. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Out Of Sight

out of one's system out of one's way out of order out of phase out of place out of place(p) out of play(p) out of pocket out of practice out of practice(p)

out of print out of proportion out of reach(p) out of service out of shape out of sight (current term) out of sight, out of mind out of sorts out of stock out of stock(p)

out of the blue out of the blue(p) out of the box out of the chute out of the corner of one's eye out of the frying pan, into the fire out of the frying pan and into the fire out of the frying pan into the fire out of the loop out of the money

Literary usage of Out of sight

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"At night the sun sinks out of sight, and still it is light for Fie. 5. some time after, for the sunlight is reflected from the sunset-clouds and the sky. ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1871)
"... out of reach and out of sight has been discovered, and removed from the brain by trephining—u permanent recovery afterward resulting. ART. ..."

3. The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life by Hannah More (1827)
"... for-;all the time out of sight—he is proceeding', ward to repine at their superiority in worldly if the comparison may be allowed, like Ilie advantages. ..."

4. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1904)
"These facts may be used ad libitum, only keeping my name out of sight. Writing is so irksome to me, especially since I am obliged to do it in a recumbent ..."

5. Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900: Subject Index by Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod (1908)
"... experience shows that important contributions that have once dropped out of sight may for a long time, or indeed ever afterwards, be overlooked. ..."

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