miss the forest for the trees in English

Forms: misses the forest for the trees [present, singular, third-person], missing the forest for the trees [participle, present], missed the forest for the trees [participle, past], missed the forest for the trees [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} 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)

Inflected forms

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"miss the forest for the trees" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms