take the long view
Definition
› to think about the effects that something will have in the future instead of in the present: If you take the long view, of course, you can regard staff training as an investment for the company.Thinking about the future
(Definition of take the long view from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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