not see for looking
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English
[edit]Verb
[edit]- 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.