across the pond

American  

idiom

1. on the opposite side of the Atlantic Ocean (used especially in North America to refer to the United Kingdom and in the United Kingdom to refer to North America).

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Other Word Forms

• across-the-pond
  adjective

Example Sentences

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across the pond

Another reason for the sudden decision to up sticks and jump across the pond could be commercial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

A revealing dispatch from across the pond: Kim Kardashian’s underwear empire has expanded to the U.K., to much fanfare.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

"They make it to the finals, you're gonna make the trip across the pond?"

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

But those of us who have loved her well and long from across the pond do; it’s about time Walker got some good old-fashioned American adulation, which, with any luck, “Alice and Steve” will provide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

Besides the traitorous leaves, Stella could hear a pair of bullfrogs ba-rupping to each other, but nothing, not a single human voice, from across the pond.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper