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• out-of-sight
  out-of-sight

  adjective

  fantastic; great; marvelous.
• out of sight
  out of sight

  Also, out of someone's sight . Out of the range of vision, as in Stay out of sight while they're visiting , or Don't let the baby out of your sight in the yard . [c. 1200] This idiom is also used in the phrase get out of someone's sight , meaning “go away”; for example, Jean was furious with Bill and told him to get out of her sight at once .

out-of-sight

American  

[out-uhv-sahyt] / ˈaʊt əvˈsaɪt /

adjective

1. Slang. fantastic; great; marvelous.

   an out-of-sight guitarist.

2. beyond reason; exceedingly high.

   out-of-sight hospital bills.

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out of sight Idioms  

1. Also, out of someone's sight . Out of the range of vision, as in Stay out of sight while they're visiting , or Don't let the baby out of your sight in the yard . [c. 1200] This idiom is also used in the phrase get out of someone's sight , meaning “go away”; for example, Jean was furious with Bill and told him to get out of her sight at once .

2. Unreasonable, excessive, as in Our bill for the wine was out of sight . [ Colloquial ; late 1800s]

3. Excellent, superb, as in The graduation party was out of sight . This phrase is also used as an interjection meaning “Wonderful!” as in Do I like it? Out of sight! [ Slang ; second half of 1900s]

4. out of sight , out of mind . What is absent is soon forgotten, as in I don't think of them unless they send a Christmas card—out of sight, out of mind, I guess . This phrase has been proverbial since Homer's time; the earliest recorded use in English was about 1450.

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Etymology

Origin of out-of-sight

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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In Essex, another school has just invested in magnetically locked pouches, to replace its previous out-of-sight policy.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

I soon learned from another staff member that when a person’s travel location is input into the system, it’s enclosed by an out-of-sight geofence.

From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2023

He said that the paucity of donkey scholarship reflects the out-of-sight, out-of-mind view of Western scientists, since over the last century donkeys and mules have largely vanished from Europe and North America.

From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2023

Striding along an arroyo lined with creosote brush, smoke trees and countless out-of-sight animal burrows and washes, Clarke said, “We favor renewable energy but not here.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2023

They heard uproar from the distant boundary of the school as what sounded like hundreds of people came swarming over the out-of-sight walls and pelted toward the castle, uttering loud war cries.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

For years, almost any open space far enough out of sight looked like a why-not dumping ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

You get around things, or you find ways to hang out that are out of sight of authority figures.

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026

They were battered by a Switzerland side who should have been out of sight.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

The finding about increased productivity may come as a surprise to bosses who fret about what their employees are up to when they are out of sight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

Now Max’s knees went weak with relief, and he slid down out of sight of the open window, his back pressed comfortingly against the wall.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix