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not see beyond sth

disapproving phrasal verb with see
 
 
/siː/ verb (present participle seeing, past tense saw, past participle seen)

Definition

to have your attention fixed on something and therefore be unable to consider other things: The government cannot see beyond next year's general election.Continually thinking about
(Definition of not see beyond sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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