tunnel vision

tunnel vision
a) A restricted field of vision as the result of looking through some type of object or a medical condition.

It took some time for him to get used to the tunnel vision he experienced while looking through a periscope.

b) To focus ones attention on one specific item or event, to the exclusion of everything else.; a one-track mind

After Mark fell victim to tunnel vision, nothing you could say to him would change his mind.


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