miss the woods for the trees in English

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

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} miss the woods for the trees (third-person singular simple present misses the woods for the trees, present participle missing the woods for the trees, simple past and past participle missed the woods for the trees)

Inflected forms

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"miss the woods for the trees" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms