out of the window

Idioms  

1. Discarded, tossed out. This term is often used in the phrase go out the window, as in For the town planners past experience seems to have gone out the window. It alludes to unwanted items being hurled out of the window. [First half of 1900s]

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Example Sentences

McGee: Anywhere you look out of the window is just a beautiful view.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

Mirman was hospitalized for serious injuries on Tuesday after being pulled out of the window of his Lucid Gravity that had caught fire after crashing into the Bedford Toll Plaza in New Hampshire.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

She has also recorded the sounds of birds singing, footsteps crunching on snow and flowing streams to remind her of life back on that blue planet she can see out of the window.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

She sets herself a monthly budget, "but every time I go to Primark that budget is out of the window".

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

Regan locked eyes with her mom for another second and then slipped the rest of the way out of the window.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin