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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out of the window

When police moved in, Wai threw a fake warrant card that suggested he was a superintendent in the City of London Police out of the window.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

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

The shame around posting fakes seems to have gone completely out of the window.

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026

Conor stared out of the window at her house.

From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness