out of the window

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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As they searched around her car, Michael says that her dog - which had been sitting inside on the passenger seat - jumped out of the window and bit him.

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At the High Court in Edinburgh last year Judge Lady Hood heard that the abuse inflicted on Mr Forbes was so bad that he had no other option but to jump out of the window.

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Somehow, at least for now, that has all gone out of the window.

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Emma says Southgate threw her out of their home, even throwing food out of the window, "saying 'Here you go... you haven't even got money for a loaf of bread.'"

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Expensive furniture has been broken or thrown out of the window, fancy decorations ripped out, every page of a Quran torn, and it stinks of rotten leftover food.

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out-of-the-way out of the woods

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