miss the forest for the trees

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Verb

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miss the forest for the trees (third-person singular simple present misses the forest for the trees, present participle missing the forest for the trees, simple past and past participle missed the forest for the trees)

  1. (idiomatic) Alternative form of cannot see the forest for the trees
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