lose sight of

English

Verb

lose sight of (third-person singular simple present loses sight of, present participle losing sight of, simple past and past participle lost sight of)

  1. To be no longer able to see.
    The soldier lost sight of the enemy.
    • 1958 July, P. J. Norris, “The Bexhill West Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 496:
      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.
  2. To fail to remember; to overlook or neglect.
    After he graduated from university he lost sight of his career goals.
    • 2022 March 9, Paul Clifton, “RAIL Supplement: Reimagining and rebooting the passenger railway”, in RAIL, number 952, page 6 (supplement):
      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.

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