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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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out-of-sight out of sight

Under the proposed new rules, out-of-sight flights would be allowed at low altitude in areas where other aircraft would not be expected to operate.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2024

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

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

Throughout, he maintains his remarkable stillness, save his out-of-sight hands Geppetto-ing the dummy’s mouth.

From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2022

And who could possibly be paying those out-of-sight prices?

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

Before the car turned out of sight, Dolly faced her fans, smile as big as ever, and offered one last wave.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

In London, it will set and move out of sight at approximately 06:15 BST.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Defeated, the dementor drifted down the aisle and out of sight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

For Platner, people with inconvenient needs and agency simply dropped out of sight.

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026

Jack shook his head again, and this time dropped out of sight of the window, coming to a stop about halfway down the dragon’s tail.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley