go out the window
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“We’re seeing seasonality go out the window, specifically for H1N1,” Greninger said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
"When we use instruments like the bonang, Pythagoras's special numbers go out the window and we encounter entirely new patterns of consonance and dissonance," Dr Harrison said.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 27, 2024
“So the merits of it being slightly cheaper go out the window because the Airbus is a more reliable plane that you can be flying as opposed to grounding it.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
But if no more rains arrive — or if other, less predictable factors such as lightning storms and heat waves develop later in the year — all that progress could go out the window.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
Maybe under most circumstances, offering a seven-year- old kid a knife would not be a good idea, but when you’re a half-blood, regular rules kind of go out the window.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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