not see for looking

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Verb

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not see for looking

  1. Be unable to identify because one is trying too hard.
    • 2011, Irini Savvides, Sky Legs, →ISBN:
      At the moment she can't see for looking and her eyes are looking only at yesterday.
    • 2013, Dorothy Koomson, The Flavours of Love: The Richard & Judy Bestselling Author, →ISBN:
      The answer to what I do next is probably the same: staring me right in the face and I can't see for looking.

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