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can't_see_the_wood_for_the_trees

see the wood for the trees

English

Verb

see the wood for the trees (third-person singular simple present sees the wood for the trees, present participle seeing the wood for the trees, simple past saw the wood for the trees, past participle seen the wood for the trees)

  1. Alternative form of see the forest for the trees