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drop out of sight

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drop out of sight 
1. . Lit. to fall behind something and be seen no longer. The pen dropped out of sight behind the sofa nevermore to be seen.
2. Fig. to disappear from public view; [for someone] to go into hiding. The robbers dropped out of sight and the crime was never solved.
See also: drop, out, sight


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But things that matter most on the streets where you live seem so local they drop out of sight.
Sometimes they're the victim of crime, but in many cases, they simply drop out of sight on purpose.
For every clear-cut missing-persons case like that of Natalee Holloway, who vanished in Aruba last spring after a drunken night out, there are hundreds of others who simply drop out of sight with little fanfare.
 
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