"miss the forest for the trees" meaning in English

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Verb

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]
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)
  1. (idiomatic) Alternative form of cannot see the forest for the trees Tags: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic Alternative form of: cannot see the forest for the trees
    Sense id: en-miss_the_forest_for_the_trees-en-verb-kZ6wSWTo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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