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单词 to get out of sight
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to get out of sight
3. intransitive. To get beyond, esp. in to get out of one's depth, to get out of sight, to get out of reach, to get out of control.to get out of hand: see hand n. Phrases 1j(b)(iii).
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society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > be unruly [verb (intransitive)] > get out of control
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to get out of ——1892
1596 Z. Jones tr. M. Barleti Hist. G. Castriot iv. 145 The enemie perceiuing that they were in a moment gotten out of sight, & thinking..that they were hidden in the bottome of the valley.
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 73 The Galley..got quit out of their sight.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 45. ¶6 As I had a mind to hear the Play, I got out of the Sphere of her Impertinence.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. v. 171 They flattered themselves they were got out of his reach.
1831 E. T. Anwyl Tales of Welshland & Welsherie I. ii. 27 We had scarcely got out of sight of the cottage, before we met Mr. Cantwell.
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Jan. 4/3 He remained three hours in the water, afraid to move, lest he should get out of his depth.
1919 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 20 May 1/1 The aviator almost certainly would have sent a farewell message before getting out of radio range had an accident not befallen him.
1965 G. Weales Tennessee Williams 11 Its opening night was a fiasco, in part because a smoke-making machine got out of control.
1991 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 29 Dec. 3/1 His grandmother..beat him so horribly that he was sure she would kill him if he did not get out of her reach.
2012 Sun (Nexis) 6 Mar. 4 It's all very well taking on a challenge, but I think you could be getting out of your depth.
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