miss the forest for the trees (English, verb)
expansion: 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)
Senses:
glosses: Alternative form of cannot see the forest for the trees.
tags: alt-of
alternative
idiomatic
Forms:
form: misses the forest for the trees
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: missing the forest for the trees
tags: participle
present
form: missed the forest for the trees
tags: participle
past
form: missed the forest for the trees
tags: past