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out-of-body experience

British  

noun

  1. Abbreviation: OBE.   OOBE.  a vivid feeling of being detached from one's body, usually involving observing it and its environment from nearby Compare near-death experience

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"It was an out-of-body experience and one of those moments where you do something but don't realise until years later how important the goal was," said Thompson.

From BBC

“When you see yourself projected that big, you start to understand what you feel like to other people in the world, which was a very interesting out-of-body experience.”

From Los Angeles Times

There was a depth to the sound that came close to that of an out-of-body experience.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s an out-of-body experience and just comes from somewhere else.

From Los Angeles Times

“You call that an out-of-body experience,” James said.

From Los Angeles Times