out of sight
Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.
Also seen as: outta sight · outtasight · out of sight is out of mind · outta sight, outta mind
Meaning · English
No longer visible or forgotten
Literally: not visible because something is in the way
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
‘ He dropped right out of sight then.
In a remnant of old forest I came on some grazing deer and quickly dropped to ground and crawled in under a small bank where I was able to stay out of sight, out of smell, and enjoy a very good look at the herd.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “out of sight” mean?
No longer visible or forgotten Literally: not visible because something is in the way
Is “out of sight” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.
What is the closest equivalent?
“giập giờn” (Tiếng Việt) — near equivalent.