go out the window
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But that respect will go out the window this week.
From BBC
“You just get off book. You memorize your lines, break down your character, and then when you get to set and you’re opposite Nic Cage in rehearsal, that might all go out the window.”
From Los Angeles Times
But when San Clemente surfers get to Teahupo’o, many of those hard-won skills will go out the window.
From Los Angeles Times
“We’re in a different place than we were before. ... However, good common sense shouldn’t go out the window.”
From Los Angeles Times
"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
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