without trace

without trace

English

Prepositional phrase

without trace

  1. Alternative form of without a trace.
    • 1959 March, “New Railways in Quebec”, in Railway Magazine, page 202:
      Work on the muskeg resulted in the formation in the first instance, and later in lengths of newly-laid track disappearing without trace into the treacherous bog.
    • 2021 May 5, Philip Haigh, “I think we need better than this from the rail industry”, in RAIL, number 930, page 51:
      It's true that NR did submit plans for Castlefield to DfT, but that was back in 2015 and they have sunk without trace.
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