oblivion

fall into oblivion

1. To become lost to obscurity; to not be known or remembered by anyone. The poet fell into oblivion after the war, only coming back into public awareness after an archive of his works was discovered in the basement of an abandoned warehouse in East Germany. He held a rather cynical view of parenthood, believing that people only had children to avoid falling into oblivion.
2. To enter into total unconsciousness. The last thing I remember was the doctor asking me to count to ten before the general anesthetic took effect and I fell into oblivion. He was so utterly exhausted that he fell into oblivion the moment my head hit the pillow.
See also: fall, oblivion

sink into oblivion

1. To become lost to obscurity; to not be known or remembered by anyone. The poet sank into oblivion after the war, only coming back into public awareness after an archive of his works was discovered in the basement of an abandoned warehouse in East Germany. He held a rather cynical view of parenthood, believing that people only had children to avoid sinking into oblivion.
2. To enter into total unconsciousness. The last thing I remember was the doctor asking me to count to ten before the general anesthetic took effect and I sank into oblivion. He was so utterly exhausted that he sank into oblivion the moment my head hit the pillow.
See also: oblivion, sink
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

sink into oblivion

Fig. to fade into obscurity. She may be famous now, but in no time she will sink into oblivion. In his final years, Wally Wilson sank into oblivion and just faded away.
See also: oblivion, sink
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • fall into oblivion
  • sink into oblivion
  • whosit
  • whoosis
  • whoozis
  • whoozit
  • drop off the radar
  • fall off the radar
  • waddaya
  • what-d'you-call-him/-her/-it/-them
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Oblivion was filmed using Sony's newly-developed CineAlta F65 camera and is the first feature film to be mixed completely using the latest state-of-the-art Dolby Atmos surround sound tech- nology.
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Oblivion, which looks fabulous with its brilliant technology, uses ideas from other sci-fi films and doesn't quite hit the spot.
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Tom Cruise, who has already worked magic once in Steven Spielberg's Minority Report , tries the trick again with Oblivion .
SCI- FI FLICK THAT BROODS
Adapted by Iron director Joseph Kosinksi from his own graphic novel, Oblivion is the kind of bold, beautiful and brilliantly realised sci-fi film that Cruise has been waiting all of his life for.
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I also don't believe in "taxing the successful into oblivion." If any group is being taxed into oblivion, it is middle-income wage earners, who in many cases pay a higher marginal tax rate than very wealthy investors because of the special tax treatment given to investment income.
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